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.

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.