United States Maritime Alliance and International Longshoremen’s Association extend negotiations for 90 days

In the interest of the United States of America, the United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen Association reached an agreement on Thursday September 20^th, 2012 to continue their discussions and have postponed the deadline to December 29^th, 2012, relaxing the pressure on the U.S. ports and allowing all of us (involved in international business and more particularly in wines & spirits shipments) to carry on working in a strike free climate.

Learn more with :

• The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
• The United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. (USMX)
• The International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO