NYSA-ILA Case Goes to Arbitration

A multimillion-dollar damage lawsuit against the International Longshoremen’s Association for an illegal work stoppage at the Port of New York and New Jersey has been dismissed and the dispute sent to binding arbitration.

The New York Shipping Association filed the lawsuit after the ILA halted work at the port for two days in September 2010 to protest the shift of Fresh Del Monte’s Philadelphia-area fruit imports to a non-ILA terminal. The lawsuit sought $5 million in damages, plus legal costs.

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