The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance make claims and counterclaims amid stalled contract negotiations.
Container rates to the U.S. West and East coasts stayed above $5,000 per FEU as tariff talk and labor issues shadowed shippers’ plans.
The American Apparel & Footwear Association said the U.S. should do more to protect Mideast shipping as attacks on vessels spur “unsustainable” higher costs and delays.
The International Longshoremen’s Association broke off negotiations on a new contract with the United States Maritime Alliance, charging employers want to eliminate union jobs.
Canada Labor Secretary Steven MacKinnon asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order operations to resume at the ports of Montreal, Vancouver and Prince Rupert and send employers and longshore unions back to the bargaining table.
The United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association are scheduled to resume bargaining next week on a new master contract covering 45,000 workers at 36 East and Gulf Coast ports.
As a strike by dockside workers disrupts container handling, Montreal’s port chief executive calls on Ottawa to force union employees back to work.
Newly announced federal spending on zero-emission equipment and infrastructure at container ports won the approval of the International Longshoremen’s Association.
East Coast ocean carriers and terminal operators will resume bargaining with the International Longshoremen’s Association on a new contract in November.
Container handling resumed this weekend at dozens of ports on the East and Gulf coasts following a brief strike by dockworkers as the International Longshoremen’s Association and shipping lines prepare to resume bargaining.
President Biden claims a major victory late in his term while the International Longshoremen’s Association negotiates a curious compromise after months of talking tough on the docks.
Port employers have come to a tentative agreement with unionized dockworkers on a 61% hourly wage increase, ending the three-day strike that shut down major East Coast container ports.
While tens of thousands of unionized longshore employees picket at ports along the East and Gulf coasts, the number of container ships waiting outside major maritime hubs continues to grow by the day.
While tens of thousands of unionized longshore employees picket at ports along the East and Gulf coasts, union leaders say they have received death threats during a work stoppage that has shut down vital container imports.
Shipping lines say they’re open to resuming contract negotiations with the International Longshoremen’s Association, which has shut down container imports at major East Coast ports.
Shippers and a wide range of port-related businesses will be affected by the International Longshoremen’s Association strike that began Tuesday at maritime hubs from Texas to Maine.
President Joe Biden broke his silence Tuesday on the port labor dispute by backing the striking dockworkers.
The first port strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association since 1977 would bring a halt to an array of goods flowing through East and Gulf Coast maritime hubs.
Ports from Texas to Maine are bracing for a midnight strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association, the first since 1977, that will bring billions of dollars in seaborne trade to a halt.
The White House on Monday insisted it will not force dockworkers back to work if the union goes on strike Tuesday.
Barring last-minute developments, the International Longshoremen’s Association said it plans to follow through on plans to strike at ports throughout the East and Gulf Coasts and bring container and ro-ro handling to a standstill.
From the White House on down, everyone has different strategies and different expectations when it comes to the port labor dispute.
With a strike by East and Gulf Coast dockworkers just days away, port employers on Thursday asked the National Labor Relations Board to order the International Longshoremen’s Association to resume contract negotiations.
While a potential East and Gulf Coast port strike likely won’t hamper the holiday shopping season, industries such as automotive and food and beverage could be negatively affected, a transportation lawyer says.
A Federal Maritime Commission member told Congress that shippers will retain their contract rights with container lines in the event of a dockworker strike next week.
Container traffic at the second-busiest U.S. port complex will come to a halt Oct. 1 absent a new contract covering 45,000 union longshore workers from Texas to Maine.
A work stoppage by 45,000 union longshore workers set for Oct. 1 would bring waterside commerce to a halt at ports from Texas to Maine.
The White House is getting pressure from Congress to relieve tension on the waterfront after Biden pledged not to get involved.
A shippers’ coalition on Tuesday asked the White House to help restart stalled contract negotiations and said President Biden should be prepared to intervene to prevent a strike.
Solidarity between the ILA and ILWU was on display the last time the ILA narrowly avoided a strike (and the ILWU did not).
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.
The U.S. transportation secretary took on drugs and port labor at a hearing on Capitol Hill.
A National Labor Relations Board judge ruled the International Longshoremen’s Association cannot force the use of union labor at the Port of Charleston’s new Leatherman Terminal.
Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka has been named the 2021 recipient of the Containerization & Intermodal Institute’s top honor.
Containers, vehicles and rail moves contribute to a record April for the South Carolina Ports Authority.
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 Teamsters call it a strike, but it is more of a protest. Still, it did garner support from another union on Wednesday.
The division of work between state employees and union members at the new South Carolina container terminal goes to the labor board.
Operations at ports from Maine to Texas will cease for one hour Tuesday as ILA and USMX show respect for George Floyd
Critical cargo initiative launched to quickly process imports needed in the fight against the coronavirus.
Best February ever recorded despite challenges from coronavirus pandemic.
Labor unions claim the effect on jobs is not being properly considered.
