In a temporary truce to prevent a labor shortage at the East Coast’s busiest port, the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and the port’s main employers group have agreed to hire 225 new dockworkers out of the nearly 700 sought by the group, both sides announced.
The International Longshoremen’s Association, the union that represents dockworkers, is a co-plaintiff with the New York Shipping Association in the litigation, a federal lawsuit charging the commission with interfering in the hiring process and thereby threatening to cause a labor shortage with dire economic consequences.