In a social media post, the union's president Harold Daggett said the union was fighting for “the kind of wages we deserve.” In a statement on Monday, the union blamed the United States Maritime Alliance,

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

Striking workers from the International Longshoremen’s Association stand on a picket line at the entrance to the South Locust Point Terminal in Baltimore. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Staff)