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International Longshoremen's Association Local 333 has scheduled a secret ballot vote for March 25 on a settlement that may resolve a long-standing labor issue at the Port of Baltimore.
ILA Local 333 members did not ratify a contract offer in February, sending their leaders back to the table with the Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore, which represents port management.
The latest settlement, which would modify a previous agreement that expired in 2010 and extend it through 2018, addresses a number of dockworker concerns, according to a letter from Local 333 Trustee Wilbert Rowell. It includes measures guaranteeing wage increases, specifies hiring practices and eliminates
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language that union members wanted removed.
Local 333 has been operating under trusteeship since late 2014, when the national union chapter stepped in after there were accusations of mismanagement. The local staged a three-day strike in 2013 that was later deemed illegitimate by an arbitrator, who ruled that the union must pay $3.9 million for strike damages. However, the parties have agreed to waive those damages if the local approves the settlement next week and does not strike through September 2018.
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