Ohio Rep. Michael Rowley reacts to a tentative contract for port workers and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who says he's a bully over his previous Tiananmen Square claims. (CBS News)
this Labor union Representing the 45,000 American dock workers who went on strike in the fall, it is returning to the negotiating table with port employers amid threats of another strike at Eastern and Gulf Coast ports this month.
FOX Business confirmed on Thursday that International Stretching Association (ILA) And the United States Shipping Union (USMX) will resume contract talks on Tuesday after talks broke down in November. The deadline to reach an agreement before another strike is January 15.
Striking members of the International Longshoremen's Association walk a picket line on October 2, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Both parties signed a tentative deal in October – which gave workers a 62 percent pay rise over six years – to end the three-day strike, but the automation issues were not resolved.
The two sides are still deadlocked over automation. If a second strike occurs, the agreed-upon wage agreement that ended the first strike is off the table, and both sides are back to square one.
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President-elect Trump After meeting with ILA President Harold Doggett and Executive Vice President Dennis Doggett last month, he voiced his support for dockworkers' opposition to automation at U.S. ports.
Harold Doggett, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, speaks as dock workers strike at Maher Terminals in Port Newark, New Jersey on October 1, 2024. (Brian R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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“The amount of money saved (from automation) is nowhere near the suffering, injury and damage it causes to American workers, in this case, our Longshoremen,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Foreign companies have made a fortune by accessing our markets in the United States. They shouldn't be looking for every last penny knowing how many families are affected.”
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The president-elect continued: “They have record profits, and I'd rather these foreign companies spend it on great men and women on our docks than on machinery that is expensive and constantly needs to be replaced.” .
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a source said FOX Business At the time, USMX met with Trump's transition team, but did not disclose when it would take place.
FOX Business's Daniel Hillsdon and Reuters contributed to this report.