ILA Members Ratify 6-Year Contract with Accommodations for Technology

The membership of the International Longshoremen’s’ Association officially ratified the new 6-year contract on Tuesday, February 25, bringing to close one of the most contentious contract negotiations in decades. The ILA is calling the new contract the “gold standard” for dockworker unions globally while saying with the ratification there would be “labor peace” and that the ILA would be working in partnership with USMX to help all ILA ports grow and flourish.

“It was a tough contract to negotiate,” said ILA President Harold Daggett who served as the union’s chief negotiator. Among the te…