US east and Gulf coast employers ratify new 6-year longshore contract
THE members of the US Maritime Alliance (USMX), the employers group on the US east and Gulf coast have ratified the final terms of the six-year master contract with the International Longshoremen's Association.
The approval at Newark International Airport by 43 container carriers, terminal operators and port associations, came eight days after ILA members ratified the contract, covering 14,500 longshoremen in ports from New York to Houston.
THE members of the US Maritime Alliance (USMX), the employers group on the US east and Gulf coast have ratified the final terms of the six-year master contract with the International Longshoremen's Association.
The approval at Newark International Airport by 43 container carriers, terminal operators and port associations, came eight days after ILA members ratified the contract, covering 14,500 longshoremen in ports from New York to Houston.