ILWU

Labor criticizes California Governor Gavin Newsom after he vetoed a bill to limit public funding for port automation.

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 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.

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

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

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

Terminal operator ICTSI has not given up its quest for tens of millions in damages from the West Coast longshore union.

The Chapter 11 filing of the ILWU dockworkers union dates back to a dispute over two electrician jobs in Oregon a decade ago.

Just when it looked like West Coast port labor drama had dissipated, the ILWU has filed for bankruptcy protection.

The extended strike in western Canada was beginning to affect U.S. supply chains. Its resolution limits the fallout.

The U.S. supply chain has dodged a bullet. A new dockworker labor deal will keep the peace at West Coast ports.

“Patience is wearing thin. Neither side imagined it would take this long,” says the head of the Port of LA on dockworker contract talks.

This year’s peak season could see West Coast labor disruptions coincide with Panama Canal water levels impeding cargo flows to the East Coast.

Dockworkers who keep West Coast cargo flowing are highly paid. Their bid for even higher pay is starting to affect the cargo flow.

The dockworkers’ union and terminal employers are still sparring over wages and benefits more than a year after contract talks began.

“Simply put, there’s no bigger priority right now than this contract agreement,” says Gene Seroka of the Port of Los Angeles.

After labor unrest closed Los Angeles and Long Beach on Friday, ports on the East and Gulf coasts look even more attractive.

West Coast port employers and labor won’t extend their contract during bargaining, as business groups would like them to do.

Longshoremen along the U.S. West Coast say they won’t touch any shipments for Russia.

Pandemic gridlock, the Ever Given, COVID outbreaks, container shortages, flooding, Ukraine. The next shoe to drop: a labor dispute.