Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports. Follow along for the latest news.

A port strike on the East and Gulf coasts among ILA union workers is still set for Tuesday, as a wage hike offer near 50% from port ownership was rejected.

Some 45,000 of the 85,000 ILA members are on strike, the union says. By contrast, the Teamsters with more than a million members paid its president $250,000 in 2023.

This is the first coast-wide ILA strike since 1977. The ILA said in September they were "ready to strike for wages that are commensurate with the billion-dollar profits earned by the Ocean Carriers." ...

Mostly, a work-stoppage decision by ILA, whose feisty 78-year-old leader, Harold Daggett, was a young union member in 1977 during the last strike, would affect the containers handled by its members.

A strike would impact more than half the U.S. in terms of imports, she said. For every day the ILA is on strike, it would take an average of five days to clear backlogs, which means a two-week ...

See photos of the Baltimore ILA dockworkers on strike. Striking workers from the International Longshoremen’s Association walk a picket line on Broening Highway outside Dundalk Marine Terminal.

Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports. Follow along for the latest news.

The strike, involving 45,000 workers, commenced at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, ... (ILA). Earlier Wednesday, ILA employees rejected a nearly 50 percent wage increase over a six-year period.

What to know about wages amid ILA port strike Members of the International Longshoremen's Association walked off the job on Tuesday amid demands of better pay and a contract that expired on Monday.

Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports. Follow along for the latest news.