ILA calls off ports' work stoppage

The head of the International Longshoremen's Association has called off a planned work stoppage at East and Gulf Coast ports, and plans for its leadership to meet with members of Congress to address labor issues throughout the regions. “I strongly urge all ILA members not to engage in any work stoppage or any other violations of our current master contract" with the U.S. Maritime Alliance, ILA President Harold Daggett said Feb. 27 on ILA’s Facebook page. The ILA’s position had been to call for a one-day stoppage of work at major ports to protest lost jobs due to over-regulation and interference by government-run maritime agencies. No date for the work stoppage or a planned ILA march on Washington had been set. (Source: Post and Courier 02/28/17