Multi-Industry Letter to President Biden on East Coast-Gulf Coast Port Labor Strikes

ASTA signed onto a multi-industry coalition letter to Senators Klobuchar and Thune in February 2022 expressing strong support for the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022.

ASTA signed onto a coalition letter from multiple industries to President Biden and Vice President Harris in March 2022, imploring their early and persistent engagement in the impending contract negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), encouraging a timely and satisfactory resolution that advances the needs of both the workers and the ports in order to avoid further backups, delays, and higher costs.