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(1/9/25) The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) announced Wednesday evening that they had reached a tentative agreement to avert a damaging strike. The parties had to hammer out agreements on workplace issues including the automation of ports, which the union strongly opposed.

ILA International President Harold Daggett gives credit to President-elect Trump with the successful tentative Master Contract agreement. Trump weighed in last month on the automation issue after meeting with Daggett at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, siding with dockworkers. Re automation, Trump said, “The amount of money saved is nowhere near the distress, hurt, and harm it causes for American Workers, in this case, our Longshoremen.”