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Ex-ILA leaders, mobster admit racketeering
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Two former high-ranking International Longshoremen’s Association officials and a Genovese mobster pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy that included a three-decade scheme to extort dockworkers for “Christmas tribute” payoffs.
Longshore labor
ILWU-PMA talks continued Friday with typical silence
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Contract negotiations continued Friday between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association. As has been the case since the negotiations began in May, neither side revealed any content from the talks.
Longshore labor
ILWU, PMA return to direct negotiations
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association returned today to direct contract negotiations but didn’t release any report from the meeting.
Longshore labor
Long, costly ILWU Portland port dispute nears end
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is engaged in a high-stakes game of work stoppages and slowdowns at the Port of Portland that is moving slowly but steadily toward a conclusion.
Longshore labor
Court rules ILWU engaged in unlawful work slowdowns in 2012-13
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
A U.S. District Court in Oregon ruled that the International Longshore and Warehouse in 2012-13 engaged in unlawful work slowdowns and stoppages at Terminal 6 at the Port of Portland.
Longshore labor
Amid discord, ILWU, PMA to restart direct talks
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Negotiators for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association will resume direct negotiations on Thursday, even as they disagree over the current state of the contract talks.
Longshore labor
ILWU recesses caucus, awaits PMA response to contract proposal
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union today recessed the caucus that it opened on Monday as the union awaited a response from the Pacific Maritime Association on its latest contract proposal.
Longshore labor
ILWU responds to PMA labor contract offer
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
In a give-and-take effort that may push contract negotiations forward, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union is waiting for the Pacific Maritime Association to respond to its comments on the latest offer from U.S. West Coast employers.
Longshore labor
All eyes on ILWU caucus beginning today
JOC Team |
This week's International Longshore and Warehouse Union caucus in San Francisco may or may not be the end to seven months of contract negotiation that has engulfed the West Coast in disruption and uncertainty.
Longshore labor
North American ports
ILA’s Daggett: ‘No change’ in bargaining
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said the ILA won’t change its contract bargaining process, except possibly to try to reverse the order in which coastwide and local agreements are negotiated.
Longshore labor
Arbitrator affirms ILA contract’s no-strike clause
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
A second arbitrator has ruled that the no-strike clause in the coastwide master contract the International Longshoremen’s Association ratified last year applies even in ports where bargaining on supplementary local contracts remains incomplete.
Longshore labor
US West Coast slowdowns could affect retailers' Q4
JOC Team |
Delays in receiving holiday sale inventory will likely affect fourth-quarter results of some shippers as they incur the added costs of diverting cargo and lost sales.
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Longshore labor
Two more sentenced to prison in NY-NJ longshore payoff scheme
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
A former International Longshoremen’s Association local president and an ex-pier supervisor were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in a long-running extortion racket that funneled workers’ “Christmas tribute” to the mob.
Longshore labor
Is time ripe for new USMX-ILA bargaining model?
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
David Adam, chief negotiator for U.S. East and Gulf Coast waterfront management, challenged employers and the International Longshoremen’s Association to consider changes to their bargaining process before their next contract expires in 2018.
Longshore labor
US Congress could reduce future longshore slowdown, lockout threats
Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor |
Congress could greatly reduce the threat of labor slowdowns and lockouts at the nation’s ports by putting longshore worker labor agreements under the purview of the Railway Labor Act, an economist and former Congressional Budget Office director said.
Longshore labor
ILWU contract talks held again on Sunday
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association were held on Sunday as the two parties completed a weekend of face-to-face talks.
Longshore labor
ILWU and PMA are meeting on Saturday
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association were underway today and are expected to continue through Sunday as negotiators look ahead to the ILWU caucus that is scheduled for Dec. 15.
Longshore labor
ILWU-PMA negotiations expected to continue into the weekend
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Contract negotiations were held Friday between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association, and talks would most likely continue into the weekend, according to a PMA spokesman.
Longshore labor
LA, LB port chiefs: Time for Obama to push for ILWU-PMA deal
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The heads of the two largest U.S. ports said it is time for President Obama to pressure the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association to end the contract impasse that is crippling West Coast ports and is threatening the nation’s economy.
Longshore labor
Caucus will determine whether ILWU signs tentative contract or not
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
U.S. West Coast contract negotiations could go one of two ways when the International Longshore and Warehouse Union convenes a caucus in San Francisco in the week beginning Dec. 15.
Longshore labor
ILWU, PMA contract negotiations resume
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Meanwhile, West Coast ports continued to whittle away at the backlog of vessels and containers that had accumulated over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Longshore labor
ATA sets 100,000-veteran, two-year hiring goal for US trucking
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The U.S. trucking industry is committing to hire 100,000 military veterans over the next two years to fight a shortage of truck drivers as the military begins to reduce the number of active service members.
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ILWU, PMA prep for negotiations as container stacks rise
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Containers continued to pile up at U.S. West Coast ports over the Thanksgiving weekend as negotiators for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association met separately today to prepare for face-to-face negotiations on Tuesday.
Longshore labor
Trusteeship of Baltimore ILA local could resolve contract dispute
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association has appointed a trustee to temporarily oversee its largest Baltimore local, a move that could help resolve a local contract dispute that led to a three-day strike in October 2013.
Longshore labor
ILWU, PMA meeting independently but ready for face-to-face talks
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association are meeting independently today to consider various issues that have been raised in contract negotiations, although they remain ready to reconvene face-to-face talks in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday if necessary.
Longshore labor
West Coast congestion expected to worsen over Thanksgiving weekend
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Congestion at West Coast ports could get slightly worse over the Thanksgiving weekend as longshoremen and employers take time off to celebrate the holiday.
Longshore labor
ITF accuses Panama Canal Authority of labor violations
Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor |
The International Transport Workers' Federation is battling with the Panama Canal Authority, accusing the PCA of trying to shut down a tugboat captains' union in advance of the canal's expansion.
International ports
Longshore labor
Tough times ahead for US shippers, FTR warns, as port woes continue
Corianne Egan, Associate Editor and William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
U.S. shippers dependent on congested ports face a tough year ahead, FTR Associates says. But that doesn't mean 2015 will be easy — or cheap — for anyone shipping freight in the U.S.
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Latest ILWU-PMA hiccup: Parties can’t agree on status of talks
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The inability of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association to achieve consensus in the contract negotiations that began more than six months ago was demonstrated once again today with parties disagreeing over the current status of the talks.
Longshore labor
US retailers reiterate call for Obama to aid ILWU-PMA talks
JOC Staff |
U.S. retailers today expressed their disappointment that coastwide U.S. West Coast port labor talks won’t begin until early December and reiterated their call for President Obama to get involved.
Longshore labor
ILWU, PMA won't get back to "big table" until December
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association will not have a contract settlement until December at the earliest because the ILWU is suspending negotiations on coastwide issues until Dec. 2, according to the employers’ organization.
Longshore labor
ILWU reiterates that its focus is on bargaining table
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The Pacific Maritime Association said work slowdowns continued in the northern ports, while the International Longshore and Warehouse Union was not dispatching sufficient skilled labor to handle cargo volumes in Los Angeles-Long Beach.
Longshore labor
Global dock unions back ILWU, criticize PMA
JOC Staff |
Representatives of global dockworkers’ unions pledged “active solidarity” to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and questioned the Pacific Maritime Association’s willingness to reach a contract with the U.S. West Coast union.
Longshore labor
US West Coast waterfront employers say ILWU slowdowns continue
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is still slowing down cargo-handling operations at all major West Coast Coast gateways while negotiations for a new contract continue in San Francisco, the Pacific Maritime Association said Monday.
Longshore labor
Dozens of vessels heading to US West Coast ports face dock congestion
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
West Coast ports are preparing for a busy weekend, with dozens of vessels scheduled to arrive over the next three days.
Longshore labor
PMA calls on ILWU to accept contract extension
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The Pacific Maritime Association today called upon the International Longshore and Warehouse Union to immediately agree to a temporary contract extension in order to end job actions in Los Angeles-Long Beach and Seattle-Tacoma.
Longshore labor
Newark, NJ FedEx Freight workers reject Teamsters
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Road and city drivers at a FedEx Freight terminal in Newark, N.J., voted against joining the Teamsters union — the second victory for FedEx Freight in four elections.
Trucking labor
Longshore labor
Dockworkers shut down SSA terminal in Oakland
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The tinderbox that is West Coast ports caught fire again today when members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union shut down the SSA Marine terminal at the Port of Oakland.
Longshore labor
US West Coast waterfront employers accuse ILWU of withholding LA-LB labor
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Fearing that gridlock at the largest U.S. port complex is imminent, the Pacific Maritime Association today blasted the International Longshore and Warehouse Union for withholding skilled labor at Los Angeles-Long Beach.
Longshore labor
ILWU, PMA urged to revamp collective bargaining model
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The Port of Portland is issuing a challenge to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association: Revamp the collective bargaining model that has been in existence at West Coast ports for the past 80 years because it isn’t working.
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