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ILWU Clerical Workers, Employers Return to Bargaining Table
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
Office clerical workers and waterfront employers in <a href="http://www.joc.com/portsterminals/ilwu-clerical-workers-employers-resume-negotiations " target="_blank"><u>Los Angeles-Long Beach</u></a> a
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Clock Ticks on ILA Talks
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
They’re not there yet, but the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance are reporting progress on a new master contract for East and Gulf Coast dockwork
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Labor Issues Heating Up in the West, Too
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
While the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance churn the wake on the East and Gulf coasts, all should be calm on the West Coast.
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Daggett Expands ILA’S Tent
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett announced plans for the union’s affiliation with a global dockworkers’ organization that previous ILA regimes kept a
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ILA, USMX Optimistic About Labor Contract Negotiations (Podcast)
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<em>In this podcast, JOC Editor Joseph Bonney reports live from Delray Beach, Fla., where labor contract negotiations are taking place between the </em><em>International Longshoremen's Associatio
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ILA, USMX Report ‘Momentum’ on Talks
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance ended three days of negotiations with optimism about a strike-free contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.<
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ILA, USMX Agree on Two Key Issues
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance moved closer to a contract agreement with an agreement in principle on two top issues — new technology and
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ILA to Affiliate With Global Dockworkers Group
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association plans to affiliate with the worldwide International Dockworkers Council in what ILA President Harold Daggett said is a move to expand cooperation wit
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ILA, USMX Resume Negotiations
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance <u><em><a href="http://www.joc.com/labor/ila-and-usmx-contract-negotiations-will-there-be-agreement-soon-podcast"
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ILA and USMX Contract Negotiations: Will There Be an Agreement Soon? (Podcast)
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<em>International Longshoremen's Association and the </em><em>United States Maritime Alliance are involved in a new round of intense labor contract negotiations in Florida.
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Retailers Urge ILA, USMX to Keep Ports Open
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The National Retail Federation urged the International Longshoremen’s Association and its management counterpart to pledge to continue contract negotiations and avoid a work stoppage that &ldquo
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ILWU Protests Use of Non-Union Labor in Oregon
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
International Longshore and Warehouse Union members this week are picketing a barge facility in southern Oregon to protest a lumber company’s use of non-ILWU labor to load and unload wood produc
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RILA to ILA, USMX: Settle Contract Before Sept. 30
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
The association representing the largest U.S.
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Few Trucking Jobs Added in June
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The Journal of Commerce Trucking Employment Index edged up one-tenth of a percentage point in June as trucking hiring slowed to a crawl.<br /> <br />
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LTL Carrier Holland to Hire 450 Drivers
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Higher manufacturing output in the Midwest is translating to more trucking jobs.<br /> <br />
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Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Case Against ILWU President
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
A jury in Longview, Wash., failed to reach a verdict at the weekend in a case in which International Longshore and Warehouse Union President Robert McEllrath was charged with attempting to block a tra
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Ruling on Portland Port Reefer Work Delayed
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
The court-appointed master who is handling a jurisdictional dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at the Port of Portl
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'Substantial Progress' Reported in ILA Negotiations
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Negotiators for the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance have completed two days of negotiations that yielded what an ILA spokesman said was “substa
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ILA, USMX Resume Contract Talks
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance have resumed negotiations on a contract covering 14,500 East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.<br /> <br />
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Swift Pay Incentives Target Truck Driver Retention
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Swift Transportation, the nation's largest truckload carrier, will offer truck drivers quarterly performance-linked bonuses that it says could add up to 6 cents per mile to their pay.<br /> <br />
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Strike Threatens to Shut India's Nehru Port
JOC Staff |
Local political and trade union leaders notified the APM Terminals management in India’s Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru) of their decision to strike June 28, an action that could shut dow
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ILA, USMX to Resume Labor Negotiations
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance are scheduled to resume negotiations when the ILA’s wage scale committee meets on June 27-29 in Delray Beac
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Dockworkers, Employers Face Off in ILA Talks
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Negotiations on a new International Longshoremen’s Association contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers have taken a negative turn, confronting shippers with tough choices in the weeks ahead
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ILWU Work Force Expands With Introduction of Technology
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
The words “technology” and “automation” are troubling to longshoremen because they signal a loss of job opportunities.
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Panama Canal Pilots Affiliate With ILWU
Bill Mongelluzzo, West Coast Editor |
Delegates to the 35th convention of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union voted unanimously to affiliate with the Panama Canal Pilots Union. <br /> <br />
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Ex-Pier Superintendent Pleads Guilty to Gambling
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
A suspended pier superintendent at Maher Terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey pleaded guilty to a federal charge of illegal bookmaking using Internet sites and 1-800 telephone numbers.<br
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Stevedore Says It’s Not Taking ILA Work
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
A stevedoring company that plans to use workers from the Operating Engineers union to load military ammunition at Charleston said it is not competing for work currently done by International Longshore
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ILA, ILWU Consider Alliance Against Non-Union Forces
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
The nation’s two dock worker unions may take the lead in forming a maritime labor alliance to protect their jurisdiction against encroachment by non-maritime unions or non-union employers.
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US Marines’ Plan to Use Non-ILA Labor Upsets Union
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association may have to take on the U.S. Marines to protect its jurisdiction in the Southeast.<br /> <br />
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ILA’s Daggett Says Automation a ‘Hurdle’
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
Waterfront employers’ refusal to guarantee jobs in exchange for automation at East and Gulf Coast ports remains a serious “hurdle” to negotiation of a new International Longshoremen&
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Daggett Defends ILA's Contract Demands
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett defended the ILA’s negotiating positions and urged management to resume negotiations when the union’s wage scale com
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LA-Long Beach Operations Normal Despite Contract Dispute
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
Marine terminal operators in Los Angeles and Long Beach reported Friday that cargo-handling was operating normally despite a contract dispute between office clerical workers and employers.<br />
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North American ports
Trucking Employment Rose 3.4 Percent in May
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Trucking employment increased by about 7,300 jobs in May, a 3.4 percent increase from a year ago, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm"><u>da
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ILWU Local 63 Clerical Workers Break Off Talks
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
Contract negotiations between office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Southern California broke off after only two days of talks, opening up at least a theoretical possibility of picketing
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North American ports
USMX Urges ILA to Bargain 'in Good Faith'
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The top negotiator for East and Gulf Coast waterfront management said International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett “appears to be less-than-committed to engaging in me
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Daggett Denies Intentional Slowdown by ILA
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said long delays at the Port of New York and New Jersey before the Memorial Day holiday weekend were not the result of an intent
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ILA’s Daggett Says No Deal in Sight
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said United States Maritime Alliance has been unwilling to agree to ILA contract demands for job guarantees in exchange for incr
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NY-NJ Port Authority Seeks Back Rent From Auto Processor
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1586"><u>Port Authority of New York and New Jersey</u></a> said it has given the port’s largest auto proc
Longshore labor
Trucking Safety on a Crash Course
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Two years after federal regulators launched the Compliance, Safety and Accountability initiative, the program is still incomplete, lacking a long-promised and crucial component: a new motor carrier sa
Trucking News
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West Coast Dockworkers Voice Support for East, Gulf Coast ILA
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union issued a statement Tuesday alerting the maritime industry that West Coast dockworkers fully support the International Longshoremen’s Association i
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