Strike

Cabin crew union in dispute over pay and pensions

A United Auto Workers strike against Mack Trucks could soon impact its sibling Volvo Trucks because both get engines and transmissions from the same plant in Hagerstown, Maryland.

The United Auto Workers plans its first strike against Mack Trucks in 35 years for Sunday, Oct. 13. A total of 3,500 union-represented workers at plants in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida would be affected.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against General Motors (GM) continues to take a toll on its  Mexico-based facilities. GM announced October 7 it was temporarily laying off 415 workers at its plant in the Mexican city of Ramos Arizpe, around 200 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. The Ramos Arizpe plant, which is located in […]

General Motors halted operations at two maquiladoras (factories) located in the Mexican city of Piedras Negras, a consequence of the ongoing strike by 49,000 autoworkers in Detroit. The two maquiladoras – known as the Lear and EKM maquiladoras – assemble components used in the manufacture of vehicles made by General Motors, according to El Financiero.  […]

Two big events hit trucking like a hammer this week. What are the long run implications?

Logistics providers have been able to plan around the British Airways labor disruption and avoid cargo delays for their clients.

A strike by thousands of union workers at major Southern California supermarket chains would have a huge upside for non-union big box grocers and e-retailers but would likely disrupt other online grocery delivery services, industry experts said. “We know Amazon will not be impacted by a strike,” said Bill Bishop, chief architect of Brick meets […]

International Longshore and Warehouse Union begins “limited job action” and says it will not disrupt trade at Canada’s busiest port as contract talks continue with a federal mediator.

Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in British Columbia will vote on authorizing a strike, setting the stage for potential disruptions at the Ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert. Longshore chapters of the ILWU will vote on May 8 and 9, according to a notice sent by the union’s national leadership. If […]

Every three years each of the stevedore companies enter into a protracted and bitter dispute with the local longshoremen’s representative body, the Maritime Union of Australia. This short article explains how and why.

Wharfies are eyeing strikes at DP World Australia in pursuit of better terms and conditions in their next collective employment contract. Asian maritime shipping schedules and landside Australian logistics timetables could be thrown into disarray.

An industrial dispute between the local longshoremen’s union, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), and stevedoring company, Hutchison Ports, is intensifying. A one day strike is now taking place.

Playing pass the parcel is fun when you’re a little kid. It’s less so when the parcel is a great big bill that you’re being stiffed with as a side effect of a fight between longshoremen and their employer.

Rolling strikes by workers at the Hutchison Ports Australia box terminals in Sydney and Brisbane started at 6:00 a.m. (Australian Eastern Standard Time) yesterday January 17 and are causing logistics chaos.

Canada Post workers in Montreal back to work following order to end strike. Here’s a look at the aftermath of the strike.

The Canadian government this evening put an end to a Canada Post strike that has disrupted deliveries during the peak holiday season.

UPS will clean out LTL pipeline before Teamster contract votes are counted.

55 days out from a July 31 deadline, UPS workers represented by the Teamsters have voted to authorize a strike in the event that talks fail.

An analyst says the company management is willing to accept “short term pain.”