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.

One day before talks were scheduled to take place between the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX, regarding their soon-to-expire labor ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Following the strike, President Joe Biden called for a fair offer from the USMX an organization bargaining on behalf of the dockworkers' employers. In a statement released on Tuesday, ...

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 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.

ILA and USMX said they agreed to continue to operate under the current contract until the ILA union meets with its full Wage Scale Committee and schedule a ratification vote, and USMX members can ...

"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.

"While some significant issues remain in contention, I am cautiously optimistic that they can be resolved in the upcoming 30-day extension period," the chief mediator said.