Rep. Michael Lurie (R-Ohio) reacted to the tentative agreement with longshoremen, calling Tim Walz insensitive to earlier Tiananmen claims. (Courtesy: CBS News)
of labor union Representing the 45,000 U.S. longshoremen who went on strike in the fall, we are back at the bargaining table with port employers amid fears of another strike this month at East Port and Mexico's Gulf Coast ports. are.
FOX Business confirmed Thursday that the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) will resume contract negotiations on January 7 after negotiations broke down in November. The deadline to reach an agreement before a new strike is January 15.
Striking members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) walk along a picket line in Brooklyn on October 2, 2024. Longshoremen went on strike over wages, the use of automated technology, and other labor issues. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The two parties signed a tentative agreement in October giving workers a 62% pay rise over six years to end a three-day strike, but issues related to automation remained unresolved.
The two countries remain at an impasse over automation. If a second strike were to occur, the wage agreement agreed in principle to end the first strike would be taken off the table and both sides would be back to square one.
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president-elect trump Last month, he expressed support for longshoremen's pushback against automation at U.S. ports after meeting with ILA Chairman Harold Daggett and Executive Vice Chairman Dennis Daggett.
Harold J. Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, speaks as longshoremen at Maher Terminal in Port Newark go on strike in New Jersey on October 1, 2024. (Brian R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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“The amount saved is [from automation] “A far cry from the pain, injury, and harm caused to American workers, in this case our longshoremen,” President Trump said on his platform, Truth Social, adding, “Foreign companies have no access to U.S. markets. We should not search for every last penny, knowing how many families have been hurt.”
President-elect Donald Trump addresses guests during a campaign stop at auto parts manufacturer Drake Enterprises in Clinton Township, Michigan, on September 27, 2023. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/Getty Images)
“They're making record profits. I'd rather these foreign companies spend their profits on the big guys at our docks than on expensive machinery that has to be replaced all the time.” The president-elect continued. .
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Officials said FOX business At this point, USMX had set up a meeting with the Trump transition team, but did not say when it would take place.
FOX Business' Daniel Hillsdon and Reuters contributed to this report.
