ILA Strike Watch 2024

International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) President Harold Daggett credited President Trump as "key to the union negotiating [Wednesday's] landmark agreement" that prevented a second ILA [...]

Are you ready for a top 10?! 2024 is almost over! Some can't believe how fast it went while for others it couldn't end soon enough. Either way, we here at Universal Cargo are wishing for you to [...]

You might have thought the drama at the ports and the disruption threat to U.S. supply chains was over, but it's not... After shutting down the East and Gulf Coast ports for three days last week [...]

The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) went on strike today, shutting down U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports. President Biden's words in response to the strike are not those of a [...]

The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is officially on strike, shutting down ports all along the East and Gulf Coast ports. Read more in Universal Cargo's blog.

I did the math. Here's how much ILA members make. 4 days... East and Gulf Coast ports shutting down next week is practically a certainty. In fact, International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) [...]

6 days... With less than a week before the International Longshoremen's Association's (ILA) master contract expires, even the most optimistic people in the international shipping industry expect [...]

A week ago, we asked in the ILA Strike Watch if the White House will stop the strike. The Biden/Harris Administration has given an answer: No. That's probably not what shippers want to hear [...]

18 days... The clock is ticking. With about two and a half weeks until a planned strike from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) shuts down all the East and Gulf Coast ports of [...]

20 days... That's all that's left before a new deal has to be reached between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). No deal by then, [...]

Last week, shippers thought they could feel a little more optimistic about cargo continuing to flow through East and Gulf Coast ports. After all, the International Longshoremen's Association [...]

There's about one month until the master contract expires on September 30th for dockworkers in the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA). The ILA maintains it will go on strike, shutting [...]

Universal Cargo's blog has been uncharacteristically quiet to start this month because I both moved and traveled across the country for a family wedding and mini-vacation. In the meantime, the [...]

What's happening in international shipping right now? Here are three news stories currently affecting imports and exports. Plus, there's a bonus ILA Strike threat summary at the end. 1. Russia [...]

DEFCON levels for the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) strike watch just went up a level. Or wait, down a level, as lower levels mean higher threat. Oh, DEFCON, how you vex me. On [...]

Universal Cargo's International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) strike watch continues.... Shippers dread an ILA strike, which would shut down ports all along the East and Gulf Coasts, [...]

It's been over two weeks since the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) abruptly cancelled contract negotiations on the day they were to finally resume. There has been no sign of the [...]