A federal mediator said negotiations on a new International Longshoremen’s Association contract would resume this week following “good progress” in five days of talks that ended Saturday.
“I am pleased to announce that five days of productive negotiations between the parties concluded on Saturday and that negotiations will resume (this) week under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service,” FMCS Director George H. Cohen said in a prepared statement Sunday.
Cohen commended the ILA and United States Maritime Alliance “for their hard work and commitment to this process. The parties are making good progress on a number of difficult issues at the full committee and subcommittee levels.”
