The ports on the East Coast of the United States and ports facing the Gulf of Mexico have moved closer to a strike in September, as key wage negotiations collapsed Wednesday, reports several news media on Thursday.
The negotiations between the powerful labor union International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which represents 15,000 port workers, and the employers in the US Maritime Alliance, collapsed before they ever really began. Three days had been scheduled for meetings, but the negotiating parties went their separate ways without having planned further meetings.
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