The group that represents port terminal operators said the International Longshoremen’s Association was refusing to negotiate a new contract before a Monday deadline.

With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen’s union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract

With less than a week until a dockworker strike could shutter every major container port on the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts, port employers and the union disagree on a range of issues — including whether they’re even negotiating.

Shipping employers are appealing to federal regulators ahead of threatened dockworker strike next week at gateways from Maine to Texas.

With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make a union representing dockworkers come to the bargaining