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ILA, USMX Near Finish Line
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association members will vote April 9 on a landmark contract that was starting to look impossible without a strike.
Longshore labor
Daggett Maps Plans for 'New ILA'
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said he plans an aggressive effort to transform the union into a “New ILA” that will cultivate closer links with other unions in the U.S. and abroad.
Longshore labor
ILWU, PMSA Worry Sequestration Will Hurt California Ports
JOC Staff |
The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association and International Longshore and Warehouse Union have sent a joint letter to U.S. Sens. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and other officials...
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Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
ILA Contract Creates Shifts for NY-NJ
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The Port of New York and New Jersey’s unique “continuous operation” system will be replaced by work shifts similar to those of other U.S. ports under the new International Longshoremen’s Association local contract.
Longshore labor
ILA, Great Lakes Employers OK Contract
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and its stevedore employers at 15 U.S. Great Lakes ports have tentatively agreed to a five-year master contract covering breakbulk and bulk grain cargoes.
Longshore labor
ILA Pact Addresses State Ports
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
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ILA Sets April 9 Ratification Vote
JOC Staff |
The International Longshoremen’s Association has scheduled an April 9 ratification vote on a coastwide master contract that ILA and United States Maritime Alliance officials have agreed upon.
Longshore labor
ILA, USMX Seal Deal
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance concluded nearly a year of rocky, on-and-off negotiations by agreeing on a six-year contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.
Longshore labor
ILA, USMX Approve Contract Deal
JOC Team |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance concluded nearly a year of rocky, on-and-off negotiations with an agreement on a six-year contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.
Longshore labor
ILA's Daggett: 'We've Done All We Can Do'
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said he hopes United States Maritime Alliance will approve a contract agreement with the ILA when the two sides resume meetings later today in Tampa.
Longshore labor
ILA Delegates Endorse Contract in Principle
JOC Staff |
International Longshoremen’s Association delegates approved in principle a previously announced tentative deal on a Maine-to-Texas master contract, and will meet with United States Maritime Alliance Wednesday to discuss the agreement.
Longshore labor
Tacoma Shut Down After Longshore Fatality
JOC Staff |
Longshore labor
ILWU Marches ‘Fair’ Contract to United Grain
JOC Staff |
International Longshore and Warehouse Union grain workers Monday delivered what they consider to be a “fair” contract to the offices of United Grain Corp. with the hope of ending an employer lockout that has been under way at the Vancouver, Wash., grain export terminal since Feb. 27.
Longshore labor
Tentative ILA-NYSA Deal ‘Sets the Stage for Changes’
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and the New York Shipping Association tentatively agreed on a local contract that, if ratified, likely means East and Gulf Coast ports will avoid a work stoppage this year.
Longshore labor
ILA, NYSA Reach Tentative Contract Deal
JOC Staff |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and the New York Shipping Association have tentatively agreed on a local contract covering 4,500 ILA members in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Longshore labor
ILA’s Local Talks Continue as Deadline Nears
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Representatives of the International Longshoremen’s Association and its New York-New Jersey employers planned to resume negotiations today on a local agreement that’s key to the coastwide master contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.
Longshore labor
France Ratifies Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
JOC Staff |
France has ratified the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, making it the 35th International Labour Office member state and the 13th European Union member state to ratify this convention, which sets out decent working and...
Longshore labor
It’s Crunch Time for ILA, NYSA
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
This week’s bargaining on an International Longshoremen’s Association local contract for the Port of New York and New Jersey will determine whether East and Gulf Coast ports face the renewed threat of an ILA strike.
Longshore labor
ILWU: United Grain Lockout Is Unfair Labor Practice
JOC Staff |
International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 4 charged that Wednesday’s lockout of its workers in Vancouver, Wash., by United Grain Corp. constitutes an unfair labor practice, and a union spokeswoman said the ILWU plans to file formal charges in the next few days.
Longshore labor
United Grain Locks Out ILWU Grain Handlers
JOC Team |
Longshore labor
ILA, USMX Extend Deadline for Local Talks
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and employers have set a new March 8 deadline for negotiation of local contracts that supplement a coastwide master agreement covering dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports.
Longshore labor
Brazilian Port Workers Delay Strike to Negotiate
JOC Staff |
Brazilian port workers have agreed to delay their planned strike until March 15 to negotiate with government changes in MP (provisional measure) Ports.
Longshore labor
NRF Applauds OCU, Employers for Contract Ratification
JOC Staff |
The National Retail Federation has applauded the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit and the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employees Association for...
Longshore labor
Moroccan Court Sends Two Union Leaders to Prison
JOC Staff |
The criminal Court of First Instance in Rabat, Morocco, has sentenced trade union leaders Said Elhairech and Mohamed Chamchati each to two and a half years of imprisonment.
Longshore labor
Office Clerical Workers Approve LA-LB Contracts
JOC Staff |
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American Stevedoring Files Lawsuit Against ILA
JOC Staff |
Longshore labor
Productivity Decline Leads to Portland Rent Rebates
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Longshore labor
Putting a Price on a Port Strike
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
No one disputes the port shutdowns are costly and disruptive. But calculating the impact to the overall economy is an inexact science.
Longshore labor
ILA, USMX: Peace at Last*
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
There's no celebration yet at East and Gulf Coast ports after a tentative accord on an ILA contract was reached. That because it's contingent on completion of supplemental local contracts.
Longshore labor
'Christmas' Docks Extortion Trial Scheduled
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
A Sept. 9 trial date has been set for three ex-presidents of a large International Longshoremen’s Association local and nine others charged with participating in a mob-run “Christmas tribute” racket on the New Jersey docks.
Longshore labor
OCU Files NLRB Complaint Over ‘Eavesdropping’
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Longshore labor
A Black Eye for ILWU, LA-Long Beach
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The inability of union officials in Los Angeles-Long Beach to convince office clerical workers to approve a proposed contract that was almost three years in the making points to the need for a permanent solution to the Office Clerical Unit conundrum.
Longshore labor
ILA Releases Contract Details
JOC Staff |
Longshore labor
ILWU Local 19 Files Reply in Seattle Stadium Challenge
JOC Staff |
International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 19 has filed its final reply brief in its lawsuit challenging the Seattle and King County’s signing of...
Longshore labor
ITF Urges Greece to Withdraw Civil Mobilization Order
JOC Staff |
The International Transport Workers’ Federation has written to Antonis Samaras, Greece’s prime minister, and Kostas Mousouroulis, the Minister of Shipping and Aegean...
Longshore labor
Ports of LA, Long Beach Worry About Diversions
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Longshore labor
Retailers ‘Disappointed’ by OCU Contract Rejection
JOC Staff |
The National Retail Federation today issued a statement by Jonathan Gold, NRF’s vice president for supply chain and customs policy, in response to the recent rejection of a labor contract...
Longshore labor
ILA, Employers Aim to Conclude Local Talks by March 1
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Longshore labor
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Rejected: All OCU Units Vote No on Contract
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
After finally hearing the official tally of votes late Thursday from the union representing office clerical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach, the organization that represents waterfront employers announced that all of the union’s bargaining units rejected the tentative contract that was agreed to on Dec. 4.
Longshore labor
Parties Scramble in Wake of Mixed OCU Vote
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Three of the more than a dozen bargaining units representing office clerical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach sent employers and union leaders scrambling Thursday by rejecting a tentative contract agreement that was reached in December.
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