AAFA Joins Call to Biden Administration on Supply Chain Issues

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THE The American Apparel and Footwear Association has joined a group of business organizations calling on the Biden administration to begin negotiations on contracts for East Coast and Gulf Coast port workers.

AAFA, an association of more than 1,000 fashion industry members, added its signature to 159 other trade groups in a letter to President Joe Biden last week. Other signatories included the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America and groups representing manufacturers, farmers, agribusiness and others in the supply chain.

The negotiations are between the International Longshoremen's Association and the American Maritime Alliance. The contract covers all seaports on the East Coast and Gulf Coast and is set to expire Sept. 30, according to the letter.

THE ILA has suspended negotiations with the USMX on June 10 after discovering that a port in Mobile, Alabama, was using a automatic gate systemthat handles trucks without workers. The ILA said it would not meet with the USMX until the automatic door issue is resolved, because automatic systems like that eliminate jobs, according to the ILA. The ILA also called for a Strike all along the coast if a new agreement is not concluded before the contract expires.

In the letter, the trade groups cited recent challenges related to supply chain disruptions and said the last thing the supply chain, businesses and employees, all of whom depend on the movement of goods, both imports and exports, through our East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, need is a strike or other disruption due to ongoing labor negotiations.

The groups also called on the administration to work with both sides to resume negotiations.

As we have seen in previous supply chain negotiations, the only way for the parties can reach an agreement that will ensure their continued global competitiveness and that of the Supply chain actors who rely on them must remain at the negotiating table until a new agreement is finalized, the letter said.

AAFA members include manufacturers of apparel, footwear and other sewn products and their suppliers. AAFA members include American Eagle Outfitters, Banana Republic, Capri Holdings and Calvin Klein, among others.

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