In a social media post, the union's president Harold Daggett said the union was fighting for “the kind of wages we deserve.” In a statement on Monday, the union blamed the United States Maritime Alliance,

Ports manned by ILA-represented workers handle nearly half of the country's ocean shipping, including two significant ports that auto manufacturers rely on: the Port of Baltimore

Thousands of port workers across the country are headed back to work after the International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance reached a tentative agreement on higher wages, ending a three- day strike.