With less than a week until a dockworker strike could shutter every major container port on the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts, port employers and the union disagree on a range of issues — including whether they’re even negotiating.

DETROIT (AP) — With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen's union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract.

With a threatened Maine to Texas port strike on October 1 getting ever nearer, the employers organization, the United States Marine Alliance (USMX), today filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking an order to require the ILA union to resume bargaining.

WinCo has challenged the union election's fairness and legitimacy. Organizers say they believe it's a "stall tactic."

With a strike by East and Gulf Coast dockworkers just days away, port employers on Thursday asked the National Labor Relations Board to order the International Longshoremen’s Association to resume contract negotiations.

Shipping employers are appealing to federal regulators ahead of threatened dockworker strike next week at gateways from Maine to Texas.

With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make a union representing dockworkers come to the bargaining