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ILA strike averted; bargaining now focused on local issues

North America

Monday, February 04, 2013

The International Longshoremen's Association and U.S. Maritime Alliance reached a tentative agreement for a new six-year master contract late last Friday, avoiding the possibility of a strike later this week, but negotiations over local issues continue. George H. Cohen, director of the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, which has been assisting the two sides in contract talks, said "the tentative agreement is subject to the ratification procedures of both partie...

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