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Maersk takes union to court as dockworkers negotiate new deal

APM Terminals has sued the ILA in the US due to a work stoppage. This happens while the union is negotiating a new agreement for 70,000 members.
Container ship moored at Maersk's APM Terminals Pacific, Pier 400, at the Port of Los Angeles. However, the negotiations with the longshoremen's union ILA apply to the ports on the US East Coast.
Container ship moored at Maersk's APM Terminals Pacific, Pier 400, at the Port of Los Angeles. However, the negotiations with the longshoremen's union ILA apply to the ports on the US East Coast.
by DAG HOLMSTAD

Maersk’s port operator APM Terminals has sued the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) because Maersk believes the union was behind a work stoppage in the port of Mobile, Alabama, in violation of the collective bargaining agreement, show documents submitted to the district court of Alabama.

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