The Longshore Workers’ Coalition heard that Richard Hughes, ILA President, has called the ILA Executive Board Officers and top officers of the SAGDC and ACD to a meeting between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance to discuss the establishment of early negotiations for the Deep-Sea Master Contract on Wednesday October 8 at the Seaview Golf Resort outside Atlantic City.

Click here for a letter sent to Richard Hughes in response to this news by the LWC Co-Chairs, Leonard Riley and Tony Perlstein.