ITF and Maritime Union of Australia Leader Paddy Crumlin Offers Full Support of Both Labor Organizations To Harold Daggett and ILA Against USMX’s “Industrial War on Dockers and Seafarers Throughout the Globe”

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – (November 21, 2024) Paddy Crumlin, in his dual roles as National Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and International President of the 18-million-member International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), offered strong and steadfast support to the International Longshoremen’s Association in the fight against automation.

“The automation agenda being pushed by USMX (United States Maritime Alliance) is a brazen union-busting exercise which will fatten corporate profits while destroying the livelihoods of tens of thousands of maritime workers and their families throughout the globe,” Paddy Crumlin wrote in a solidarity message to ILA International President Harold J. Daggett.

The respected leader with the MUA and ITF pledged support from both organizations in the ILA’s challenge to USMX that is waging “industrial war on dockers and seafarers throughout the globe.”