On Tuesday, dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts walked off the job demanding better pay. How much do they make? Here's what to know.

Harold Daggett raked in $728,000 in compensation from the ILA last year. He picked up another $173,000 as president emeritus of a local union branch.

With tens of thousands of union dockworkers set to strike at East and Gulf Coast ports starting Tuesday, here is an overview of the labor dispute and its possible impact on the U.S. economy. The post What to know about the upcoming ILA port strike appeared first on FreightWaves.

The ILA PAC typically supports Democratic candidates, though it has recently contributed less than in previous decades.

During Day 1 of a dockworkers strike, Harold Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, was on a picket line in Elizabeth, New Jersey, telling CBS News New York, "Those greedy companies are making billions of dollars,

International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett pushed back against concerns on the impacts his labor union’s port strike could have on the U.S. economy, claiming people “never gave a s*** about us” until the strike started.