Port Employers Ask NLRB to Force Dockworkers to Bargaining Table
- Atlantic and Gulf coast ports are facing risk of strike
- Dockworkers, employer group still far apart on pay, automation
Workers unload containers from a vessel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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With less than a week until a dockworker strike could shutter every major container port on the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts, port employers and the union disagree on a range of issues — including whether they’re even negotiating.
The United States Maritime Alliance accused the International Longshoremen’s Association of engaging in unfair labor practices and asked the National Labor Relations Board to require the union to resume bargaining before their contract expires on Sept. 30.