AF&PA Warns of Dangers of East Coast Port Strike

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Despite last week's successful negotiations between the West Coast International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), negotiations between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the USMX on the East Coast remain unresolved. As a major import/export business, the U.S. forest products industry has a significant interest in swift resolution to avoid strike. 

"If the ILA and the USMX are not able to negotiate an agreement, any impending strike and subsequent shutdown of major East Coast port would have far-reaching, costly, and disruptive implications for not only the U.S. forest products industry, but for manufacturers and distributers across the supply chain," said American Forest & Paper Association President and CEO Donna Harman.