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Battle Continues Over NY-NJ Port Hiring
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and its employers in the Port of New York and New Jersey are pushing forward with a court challenge of new hiring rules...
Longshore labor
ILWU, Employers Prepare for Toughest Talks in Decades
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
West Coast employers in 2014 are bracing for what could be the most frustrating contract negotiations they’ve had with the powerful International Longshore and Warehouse Union in decades.
Longshore labor
Daggett: No ILA Slowdowns in Works
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association leader Harold Daggett said ILA members are disappointed in a judge’s refusal to block Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor changes in hiring practices, but that union members won’t halt work in protest.
Longshore labor
Federal Judge Denies Injunction to Block NY-NJ Hiring Rules
Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large |
NEWARK, N.J. — A federal district judge denied a request for a preliminary injunction aimed at blocking new hiring rules imposed by the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. The new rules are aimed at increasing diversity in the unionized workforce at repair facilities operated by the Metropolitan Marine Management Contractors in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Longshore labor
Waterfront Agency Asks Judge to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging NY-NJ Hiring Rules
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor asked a federal judge to dismiss an industry lawsuit challenging the agency’s new hiring rules that restrict union referrals for dockworker jobs in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Longshore labor
NY-NJ Employers Criticize ‘Mission Creep’
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Longshore labor
Judge Sets Hearing on NY-NJ Longshore Hiring
JOC Staff |
A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for Thursday on whether to block a hiring rules change that industry officials say could worsen a labor shortage that contributed to gridlock at the Port of New York and New Jersey last summer.
Longshore labor
NYSA, ILA Seek Injunction on Port Hiring
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The New York Shipping Association and the International Longshoremen’s Association have asked a court to block a hiring rules change they say would worsen labor shortages in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Longshore labor
Defining Diversity on NY-NJ Docks
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
How diverse is the longshore work force at the Port of New York and New Jersey? It depends on whom you ask, and on what they’re counting.
Longshore labor
Tension Over Dockworker Hiring Mounts in Port of NY-NJ
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Who controls dockworker hiring at the Port of New York and New Jersey? The answer may be decided in court.
Longshore labor
NYSA Board Reaffirms Support of Lawsuit
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The New York Shipping Association’s board unanimously reaffirmed its support of a lawsuit the NYSA and the International Longshoremen’s Association filed against the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.
Longshore labor
Flagship Logistics Group Calls for Veterans
JOC Staff |
Trucking labor
Longshore labor
North-American rail
NY Waterfront Commission Defends Hiring Practices
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Longshore labor
Waterfront Commission Postpones NY-NJ Hearing
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor’s scheduled Nov. 25 hearing on longshore hiring practices at the Port of New York and New Jersey has been postponed until a to-be-determined date in December.
Longshore labor
Drewry: Repeal the Jones Act
JOC Staff |
The U.S. Jones Act, which requires that U.S. domestic ocean cargo is carried from port to port in ships that are...
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Longshore labor
‘Progress’ in NY-NJ Port Hiring Talks
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reported “continued progress” in its efforts to broker an agreement to settle a dispute over hiring of longshoremen in the port.
Longshore labor
Waterfront Commission’s Hiring Duties Unique
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
New York-New Jersey is the only U.S. port where the size of the longshore work force is set by a law enforcement agency that must approve new hires.
Longshore labor
Slowdowns Expected If ILWU Contract Isn’t Reached
Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large |
Expect to see work slowdowns at West Coast ports next summer if employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union do not reach agreement on a new contract by the time the old one expires on June 30.
Longshore labor
NY-NJ Port Authority 'Optimistic' About Hiring
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said it is “optimistic” about success in its effort to broker a deal to settle a dispute over the hiring of additional longshoremen at the port.
Longshore labor
Federal Judge Cites ILWU for Contempt of Court
JOC Staff |
A federal judge has found the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in civil contempt of court for ignoring an order to stop waterborne picketing at grain barges.
Longshore labor
North American ports
Greek Dockworkers Join 24-Hour Nationwide Anti-Austerity Strike
JCO Staff |
Greek longshoremen have joined a 24-hour nationwide strike today called by labor unions to protest austerity measures imposed by international lenders on the crisis-mired country.
Longshore labor
AFL-CIO Appeals to Governors in NY-NJ Dispute
JOC Staff |
Edward Wytkind, president of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, urged the governors of New York and New Jersey to force a bistate crime watchdog agency to approve a longshore hiring plan in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Longshore labor
ILA, Employers Blast Waterfront Commission
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association officials and port employers told an industry forum that a standoff with the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor over longshore hiring threatens to undermine productivity gains in a new ILA contract.
Longshore labor
ILA’s Daggett Warns of ‘Trouble Ahead’
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said ILA members in the Port of New York and New Jersey are “fed up” with hiring delays he blames on the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.
Longshore labor
Former MEBA President Jesse M. Calhoon Dies
JOC Staff |
Former Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association President Jesse M. Calhoon died this week at the age of 90 in Naples, Fla.
Longshore labor
NYSA, ILA Criticize Hiring Delays at NY-NJ Port
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The New York Shipping Association and the International Longshoremen’s Association said “bureaucratic delays” by the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor are jeopardizing productivity at the East Coast’s busiest port.
Longshore labor
DP World Warns Union About Nehru Strike as Delays Mount
JOC Staff |
International ports
Longshore labor
Hearings to Focus on NY-NJ Longshore Hiring
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor has scheduled a series of public hearings to highlight what commission official contend are discriminatory hiring practices for longshore workers in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Longshore labor
Transport, Construction Add Jobs in September
JOC Staff |
Transportation and warehousing businesses added 23,000 jobs in September, mostly in transit and passenger transportation, as total nonfarm employment increased by 148,000 jobs, the U.S. Labor Department said on Oct. 22.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Longshore labor
Trucking labor
Arbitrator: No-Strike Clause in ILA Master Contract Trumps Local Disputes
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
An arbitrator’s ruling that forced striking Baltimore longshoremen back to work on containers and roll-on, roll-off cargo has implications for other East and Gulf Coast ports still negotiating local issues not covered by a coastwide master contract.
Longshore labor
ILA Halts Strike at Baltimore
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association workers agreed Friday to return to work for 90 days while negotiators work on a local contract that triggered a three-day strike this week at the Port of Baltimore.
Longshore labor
Arbitrator: Baltimore ILA Action Violates No-Strike Clause
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
An arbitrator ruled Friday that an International Longshoremen’s Association local in Baltimore violated a no-strike clause in a coastwide master contract covering work on containers and roll-on, roll-off cargo.
Longshore labor
Baltimore ILA Works as Arbitration Continues
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Striking Baltimore longshoremen resumed working Friday on containers and roll-on, roll-off cargo covered by a coastwide master contract while arbitration proceedings continued, a management official said.
Longshore labor
Baltimore Port Strike Continues for Third Day
Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large |
Striking longshoremen continued to shutter the Port of Baltimore for a third day on Friday.
Longshore labor
Baltimore ILA Strike Goes to Arbitration
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
A longshoremen’s union local and employer representatives plan to meet with an arbitrator on Oct. 18 to try to resolve a strike that idled public docks at the Port of Baltimore for a second day today.
Longshore labor
ILA Strike Continues at Baltimore
JOC Staff |
A longshoremen’s strike that has idled the Port of Baltimore continued into its second day today.
Longshore labor
Federal Court Issues Injunction Against ILWU Pickets of Barge Line
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
A U.S. district court in Oregon on Oct. 15 issued a preliminary injunction intended to prevent the International Longshore and Warehouse Union from picketing a barge company that shuttles grain on the Snake and Columbia rivers to the Marubeni-Columbia Grain elevator in Portland.
Longshore labor
North American ports
Italy Faces 24-Hour Nationwide Port Strike
JOC Staff |
Italy faces a 24-hour port strike on Nov. 8 as the country’s three main labor unions attempt to break a deadlock in negotiations for a new labor contract.
Longshore labor
Legislators to Froman: Put PNW Grain Dispute on TPP Table
JOC Staff |
Several members of Congress have asked U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman to use the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement talks to help resolve the months-long lockout of International Longshore and Warehouse Union grain workers in the Pacific Northwest by two Japanese grain conglomerates.
Longshore labor
Former ILA President Richard P. Hughes Jr. Dies
JOC Staff |
Former International Longshoremen’s Association President Richard P. Hughes Jr. died today at the age of 79 in Baltimore, Md.
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