Talks between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which represents 45,000 port workers, and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) employer group appear deadlocked on wage issues ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline to reach a new contract deal. The union, which represents dockworkers across 36 ports on the U.S. East Coast and the Gulf of … Continue reading Strike looms at US East Coast, Gulf of Mexico ports