International Longshoremen's Association Local 1588

September 3, 2009

55 members from 5 ports protest backroom proposal at ILA E-Board meeting in D.C. August 26 All five subcommittees of Wage Scale Delegates unanimously rejected a management contract proposal presented by ILA President Richie Hughes at a meeting of the delegates this week in Orlando.

The proposed agreement would have eliminated the wage increase scheduled for October 1, 2009, done nothing to address the serious and growing threat of job loss due to new technology, and made only modest steps towards closing the wage tiers. The proposal adequately addressed only one of the ILA’s main demands: eliminating the Container Royalty tiers.

Negotiations have been canceled and Wage Scale delegates are returning today. Wage Scale Delegates Tony Perlstein, Virgil Maldonado, Herman Garcia, and Johnny Taylor represented 1588 at the meeting.