10.04.24

Ranking Member Scott Statement on ILA and USMX Agreement

WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and the Workforce, released the following statement after International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance reached a tentative agreement to reopen the East Coast and Gulf ports. In sum, ILA workers will receive a 62 percent pay raise over six years. 

“I am grateful that the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) were able to reach an agreement and reopen the East Coast and Gulf ports. I want to thank President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Acting Secretary Department of Labor Su for ensuring workers have a voice on the job. 

“This tentative agreement looks to be good news for workers, businesses, and our economy. It is also the result of successful collective bargaining. When workers form a union and exercise their voice, they can bargain for higher pay, better benefits, safer workplaces and receive their fair share of the wealth they create."

Ranking Member Scott is the lead sponsor of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), which protects the basic right to join a union by: (1) holding employers accountable for violating workers’ rights, (2) empowering workers to exercise their right to organize, and (3) securing free, fair, and safe union elections. To learn more about PRO Act, click here.

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