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With the union and USMX resuming negotiations on Tuesday, January 7, the specter of another port shutdown is heightening concerns among economists, businesses and policy experts.
USMX last week offered a nearly 50% increase, along with improvements to employee benefits, but it was not enough to avert the first strike by East and Gulf Coast dockworkers in nearly half a century.
What’s in the deal The maritime alliance, which operates under the acronym USMX, agreed to raises of $4 an hour for the union members on top of the current base pay of $39 an hour, an immediate ...
According to various news reports, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) will return to the negotiating table on Jan. 7 as the deadline ...
In a statement Monday, ILA executive vice president Dennis Daggett slammed the USMX's push to expand use of semi-automated rail-mounted gantry cranes (RMGs) across the East and Gulf Coast ports.
"USMX knows what our bottom line with wages needs to be for our ILA rank-and-file to ratify a new Master Contract Agreement," ILA’s International President Harold Daggett said.
The USMX said Monday it had increased its offer to more than 50% over the proposed six-year contract. Daggett said Tuesday that offer works out to an average increase of $3 an hour.
USMX’s corporate greed has made them delusional — profits over people. They have taken advantage of a low entry-wage and a tiered progression system for thirty years,” the statement continued.
The USMX did not respond to The Hill’s request for comment. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, days after the strike deadline, appeared to side with longshoremen on the issue of automation last ...
"USMX has been clear that we value the work of the ILA and have great respect for its members," USMX said in a statement announcing the filing of the NLRB charge.
With time ticking away, prospects for a new East and Gulf Ports labor agreement between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) continue to ...