US Dockworkers Conclude Wage Meetings With Support for Strike

A union that represents cargo handlers at ports from Houston to Boston concluded a two-day meeting in New Jersey with nearly 300 delegates saying they’d back a strike if their labor contract expires before a deal is reached with port employers.

• International Longshoremen’s Association leaders laid out strike mobilization plans at the meeting, which took place Wednesday and Thursday, the union says in a statement
• Current six-year contract with terminal operators and ocean carriers, represented by the United States Maritime Alliance, also called USMX, expires at midnight on Sept. 30
• In a separate statement, the USMX calls on the ...