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

ASTA signed onto a multi-industry coalition letter to President Biden in October 2022 urging him to continue to work with the railroad unions and railroads to ensure that the tentative agreement that he helped broker is ratified by the parties, as a rail shutdown would have a significant impact on the U.S. economy and lead to further inflationary pressure.

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.