A port strike is possible again if negotiators can't reach a deal by Jan. 15. A walkout could spark inflation and shortages, experts said.

Dennis Daggett, executive vice president of ILA, said in a statement on Dec. 2, 2024, that the union is not “against progress, innovation, or modernization—but we cannot support technology ...

Vowing to stop machines from taking their jobs, 45,000 U.S. longshoremen are threatening to go on a strike that would shut ports on the East and Gulf coasts and could damage the American economy just ...

Daggett's son Dennis Daggett, the union's executive vice president, wrote last month: "This isn't about meeting operational needs. It's about replacing workers under the guise of progress while ...

“This isn’t about safety or productivity—it’s about job elimination,” said Dennis Daggett, ILA executive vice president, in a release last month. “It’s about replacing workers under ...