Longshore labor

Transportation and warehousing employment increased 2.2 percent in October from a year ago, but was essentially flat from the previous month.

David Cockroft, who has been general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation since 1993, will retire at the end of May 2013...

Pacific Northwest grain terminals and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have agreed to resume contract negotiations on Oct. 29 under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

The problems are familiar on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border: crumbling bridges; crowded, dangerous highways; and growing congestion along key rail corridors that lead to major ports.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest have called upon the services of a federal mediator as contract talks approach another deadline next week.

A federal mediator said negotiations on a new International Longshoremen’s Association contract would resume this week following “good progress” in five days of talks that ended Saturday.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva), India’s top container handler, is bracing for a potential shutdown starting Oct.

Representatives of the International Longshoremen’s and the New York Shipping Association have opened negotiations on a contract covering issues including work rules and pay practices in the Por

Facing a Sunday deadline, negotiators for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest agreed to extend contract talks until mid-October.

Shippers are relieved that a 90-day contract extension averted a threatened International Longshoremen’s Association strike at the height of the retail peak season.

Negotiators for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest continue to meet each day in hopes of reaching a settlement before the current lab

Check in with the JOC as we provide you with the latest developments out of the International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance contract negotiations labor dispute.

Labor federations representing dockworkers at the APM Terminals facility in India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) have postponed an indefinite strike planned to start at midnight until

Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva), India’s top container handler, is bracing for yet another disruption to shipping as unionized dockworkers at the APM Terminals facility have threatened to la

Retailers say they welcome the agreement by the International Longshormen’s Associaiton and United States Maritime Alliance.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance agreed to a 90-day contract extension, averting a threatened Maine-to-Texas dock strike at the end of this month.

Negotiators for the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance met Wednesday in Newark, N.J., and planned to return Thursday for a second day of negotiations.

Portuguese ports face a series of strikes through the second half of September, maritime services provider Inc

An International Longshoremen’s Association local in Bayonne, N.J., voted to authorize a strike and send pickets to other ports if no contract agreement is reached before the ILA’s current

The president of the International Transport Workers’ Federation said his meeting with U.S.

Negotiators for the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance are scheduled to meet Wednesday to resume stalled contract bargaining under supervision of a fede

Federal mediation of International Longshoremen’s Association contract talks has revived hope for a settlement or temporary extension to avert a threatened East and Gulf Coast port shutdown at t

Toy shippers are the latest importers to urge the International Longshormen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance to seek a contract agreement that averts a threatened Maine-to-Texas

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International Longshoremen’s Association and management negotiators are running out of time to avert a threatened Maine-to-Texas dock strike that is forcing shippers to scramble for alternatives

Shippers planning for a possible East and Gulf Coast port shutdown next month must choose from a menu of unpalatable choices.

Office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach have agreed to continue negotiating throughout the month of September.

Shippers are warning ocean carriers to avoid the temptation of profiteering from any U.S. port shutdown by rolling cargo or implementing unjustifiable surcharges.

An East and Gulf coast port closedown on Oct.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and East and Gulf Coast waterfront employers agreed to a request from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to resume stalled contract negot

The deadline for a contract agreement between the International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance is less than a month away and talks between both sides have completel

Capacity going through U.S. West Coast ports will be in short supply if the International Longshoremen's Association strikes or is locked out at East and Gulf Coast ports, according to the world’s largest container line.

Organizations representing apparel importers have written to the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance,

Office clerical workers and employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach on Friday wrapped up another week of negotiations and announced that talks will resume after the Labor Day holiday.

The International Longshoremen’s Association formally asked United States Maritime Alliance for a final contract offer, but USMX Chairman/CEO James Capo said he can’t present one until bar

In what is probably the most significant development to emerge from more than two years of negotiation between office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach, the parties i