The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), a major US union representing around 45,000 dockworkers, has ended its strike after reaching a tentative agreement with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), which represents ocean carriers and port operators. The strike, which began on October 1, 2024, was the first large-scale strike by the ILA since 1977, affecting 36 ports and the tentative ...

The United States is currently in the throes of the largest dockworker strike in nearly half a century. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), representing 45,000 port workers from Maine to Texas, has initiated a significant stoppage. The first of its magnitude since 1977, the strike has resulted in long lines of container ships queuing up outside major U.S. ports, threatening ...