ILA

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A potential longshoremen strike could severely hamper operations at ports in Savannah, Georgia, and Wilmington, North Carolina, that have nonunion as well as union workers, experts say.

The Biden administration could face either the wrath of unions or public perceptions of a faltering economy, depending on whether it intervenes in East and Gulf Coast dockworkers’ labor dispute with port employers.

The International Longshoremen’s Association has adopted a resolute stance in negotiations with East Coast port employers from Maine to Houston. There’s speculation that sympathy work stoppages could spread to West Coast container gateways.

With the holiday season approaching, the Transportation Intermediaries Association has called for an urgent resolution to the labor dispute between International Longshoremen’s Association workers and their employers at the East and Gulf Coast ports.

Solidarity between the ILA and ILWU was on display the last time the ILA narrowly avoided a strike (and the ILWU did not).

U.S. retailers and manufacturers are taking steps to mitigate a potentially multibillion-dollar hit if the International Longshoremen’s Association goes on strike at the beginning of October.

Even a short work stoppage by the ILA would greatly disrupt freight networks. SONAR charts show evidence of shippers looking to avoid getting caught in a potential ILA strike which has impacts on maritime, rail intermodal and truckload data.

No talks are scheduled between employers and the International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents unionized workers at ports on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. Bargaining has stalled over technology and pay issues.

The ILA maintains that it will not accept any extension of their current contract nor any potential mediation by the federal government.

International Longshoremen’s Association delegates are to meet Wednesday and Thursday.

The International Longshoremen’s Association is in a contract dispute with ocean carriers over wage increases and use of automation.

Labor peace was won at what will be higher costs for shippers and carriers.

The union representing East and Gulf Coast dockworkers warned members to prepare for a possible strike starting Oct. 1, 2024.

“By investing more than $2 billion in port infrastructure in recent years, we have the capacity to handle the influx of imports we are seeing today,” says SCPA CEO Jim Newsome.

In the next two weeks, only two container ships are slated to berth at the new Leatherman Terminal. Forty are scheduled at the Port of Charleston’s neighboring Wando Welch Terminal.

“Both Hapag-Lloyd and USMX were well aware that the work in question would have been handled by ILA members” if the vessel had gone to another port, the International Longshoremen’s Association lawsuit asserts.

The division of work between state employees and union members at the new South Carolina container terminal goes to the labor board.

Peaceful protests and work stoppages take place on day of burial

Operations at ports from Maine to Texas will cease for one hour Tuesday as ILA and USMX show respect for George Floyd

Best February ever recorded despite challenges from coronavirus pandemic.