The longshoremen voted 416 to 140 to reject the local contract offered by the Steamship Trade Association, which represents employers at the port of Baltimore, and had repeatedly called the contract its “best and final” offer.
This latest development leaves the situation between the two parties with no labour agreement in place, but there are no threats [yet] of a strike or lockout. The port is expected to continue normal operations.
In October 2013, members of Local 333 staged a three-day strike that paralysed the port’s public terminals.