Cranes stand over delivery containers at Port Newark on March 26, 2024.
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A port strike on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico will go forward beginning on Tuesday, the Worldwide Longshoremen’s Affiliation union stated on Sunday, signaling motion that might trigger delays and snarl provide chains.
“United States Maritime Alliance … refuses to handle a half-century of wage subjugation,” the union stated in a press release. The USA Maritime Alliance, often known as USMX, represents employers of the East and Gulf Coast longshore business.
If union members walk off the job at ports stretching from Maine to Texas, it could be the primary coast-wide ILA strike since 1977.
It was not clear if any negotiations had been happening or deliberate earlier than the midnight Monday deadline.
Earlier, President Joe Biden said he didn’t intend to intervene to forestall a walkout if dock staff did not safe a brand new contract by an Oct. 1 deadline.
“It is collective bargaining. I do not consider in Taft-Hartley,” he advised reporters.
Presidents can intervene in labor disputes that threaten nationwide safety or security by imposing an 80-day cooling-off interval underneath the federal Taft-Hartley Act.