ILA Leader Warns Members to Prepare for 'Any Action We May Have to Take'
"It appears at this time" that the U.S. Maritime Alliance "is unwilling to agree" to the International Longshoremen's Association's "main demand for job protection for the members affected by automated terminals," said ILA President Harold Daggett in a May 25…
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letter to local unions updating them on master contract negotiations. He said all local unions should "inform their memberships that they should prepare themselves for any action we may have to take" unless the Alliance changes their position. He said the two side were "far apart" on a contract when they last met. He said he has had "sporadic conversations" with the Alliance's chief negotiators since then, and hoped they would lead to new negotiations, but "that has not been the case." Daggett said he will call a meeting of the Wage Scale Committee delegates for late June.