MOBILE, Ala. ( WKRG ) — The International Longshoremen Association strike is expected to take full effect at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts at midnight on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
From Texas to Maine, and even in Mobile, dock workers for the ILA are demanding 77% higher wages to compensate for the rising inflation costs in the U.S.
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The union’s contract with the United States Maritime Alliance, which represents the ports, was expected to expire Monday, Sept. 30.
The Alliance and the ILA have not been in negotiation since June and have not come to an agreement since the threat of a strike made headlines almost a month ago.
According to Mobile ILA President Mark Bass, local longshoremen are taking part in the national union strike.
“The ILA is fighting for respect, appreciation, and fairness in a world in which corporations are dead set on replacing hardworking people with automation,” Bass said.
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