Longshore labor

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

The National Industrial Transportation urged Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to encourage the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance to resume talks on

The Retail Industry Leaders Association urged the International Longshoremen’s Association and the its management counterpart to resume negotiations in order to reach agreement before the curren

The International Longshoremen’s Association local that ILA President Harold Daggett headed for years voted to authorize its current president to call a strike if necessary when the union’

In this podcast, JOC Senior Editor Joseph Bonney discusses why labor contract negotiations between the International Longshoremen's Association and United States Mariti

Shipping lines and terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach were breathing a sigh of relief Wednesday morning after office workers and their employers agreed to resume contract negotiations.

Joseph Bonney, the JOC senior editor who has been leading coverage of the acrimonious East and Gulf Coast longshore labor negotiations, will participate in a session on the topic at the upcoming JOC I

The National Retail Federation urged the International Longshoremen’s Association and waterfront employers to resume negotiations and avoid a work stoppage when the current East and Gulf Coast l

The International Longshoremen’s Association defended its pay levels and accused United States Maritime Alliance of misrepresenting wages and benefits for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.

Negotiations for a new International Longshoremen’s Association contract covering dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports broke down Wednesday, and ILA President Harold Daggett warned that a st

Negotiations for a new International Longshoremen’s Association contract covering dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports broke down suddenly Wednesday, ILA spokesman James McNamara said.

With just five weeks left on their current contract, the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance resume negotiations today on a new labor agreement for East

Colombian port workers, members of the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Transporte, reached an agreement on Aug.

The International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention

The International Longshoremen’s Association plans to picket at Charleston, S.C., and at Marine Corps headquarters in Washington next Monday to protest a stevedore’s use of non-ILA labor t

International Longshore and Warehouse Union Coast Committeeman Leal Sundet was not speaking in hyperbole Monday when he said the jurisdictional dispute in Portland between the ILWU and the Internation

Dockworkers in Portland suffered a jurisdictional loss late Monday when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that jobs involving the working of refrigerated containers at the port belong to the ri

Contract negotiations between the Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 and waterfront employers have entered their second week, which is a record of sorts in th

In a welcome sign of cooperation, office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Southern California met through the day on Wednesday, recessing the talks at 9 p.m.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance will hold meetings this month by ILA-USMX committees assigned specific issues in negotiations for a new East and

Office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach a

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