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Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he will deploy the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard to ports affected by the International Longshoremen’s Association strike.
The International Longshoremen’s Association port strike has made headlines this week as a major disruption in supply chains across the East and Gulf coasts, and FreightWaves has compiled a boatload of information to address frequently asked questions about the situation.
The International Longshoremen’s Association donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross’ Hurricane Helene Relief fund on Wednesday.
The International Longshoremen’s Association is accusing container shipping lines of ripping off customers, but rates are four times lower than the union claims.
In this edition: East and Gulf Coast port workers on strike and everyone bands together to help with disaster cleanup.
Reports of panic-buying at supermarkets began spreading across social media Tuesday as a union dockworker strike got underway at East and Gulf Coast ports.
Union dockworkers began striking against employers at ports across the U.S. East and Gulf coasts early Tuesday morning.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday urged dockworkers preparing to strike and their employers to come to an agreement that respects workers but averts supply chain disruptions.
With tens of thousands of union dockworkers set to strike at East and Gulf Coast ports starting Tuesday, here is an overview of the labor dispute and its possible impact on the U.S. economy.
Biden administration said it won’t intervene, but is that really believable?
While a potential East and Gulf Coast port strike likely won’t hamper the holiday shopping season, industries such as automotive and food and beverage could be negatively affected, a transportation lawyer says.
Biden administration says no to using Taft-Hartley to stop ILA strike.
FreightWaves examines the International Longshoremen’s Association’s concern with port automation and its effects on global port competitiveness.
FreightWaves covers ILA from many angles.
A potential longshoremen strike could severely hamper operations at ports in Savannah, Georgia, and Wilmington, North Carolina, that have nonunion as well as union workers, experts say.
The Biden administration could face the wrath of unions or public perceptions of a faltering economy, depending on whether it intervenes in East and Gulf Coast dockworkers’ labor dispute.
The International Longshoremen’s Association has adopted a resolute stance in negotiations with East Coast port employers from Maine to Houston. There’s speculation that sympathy work stoppages could spread to West Coast container gateways.
With the holiday season approaching, the Transportation Intermediaries Association has called for an urgent resolution to the labor dispute between International Longshoremen’s Association workers and their employers at the East and Gulf Coast ports.
Solidarity between the ILA and ILWU was on display the last time the ILA narrowly avoided a strike (and the ILWU did not).
U.S. retailers and manufacturers are taking steps to mitigate a potentially multibillion-dollar hit if the International Longshoremen’s Association goes on strike at the beginning of October.
Even a short work stoppage by the ILA would greatly disrupt freight networks. SONAR charts show evidence of shippers looking to avoid getting caught in a potential ILA strike which has impacts on maritime, rail intermodal and truckload data.
No talks are scheduled between employers and the International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents unionized workers at ports on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. Bargaining has stalled over technology and pay issues.
The ILA maintains that it will not accept any extension of their current contract nor any potential mediation by the federal government.
International Longshoremen’s Association delegates are to meet Wednesday and Thursday.
The International Longshoremen’s Association is in a contract dispute with ocean carriers over wage increases and use of automation.
Labor peace was won at what will be higher costs for shippers and carriers.
The union representing East and Gulf Coast dockworkers warned members to prepare for a possible strike starting Oct. 1, 2024.
“By investing more than $2 billion in port infrastructure in recent years, we have the capacity to handle the influx of imports we are seeing today,” says SCPA CEO Jim Newsome.
In the next two weeks, only two container ships are slated to berth at the new Leatherman Terminal. Forty are scheduled at the Port of Charleston’s neighboring Wando Welch Terminal.
“Both Hapag-Lloyd and USMX were well aware that the work in question would have been handled by ILA members” if the vessel had gone to another port, the International Longshoremen’s Association lawsuit asserts.
The division of work between state employees and union members at the new South Carolina container terminal goes to the labor board.
Peaceful protests and work stoppages take place on day of burial
Operations at ports from Maine to Texas will cease for one hour Tuesday as ILA and USMX show respect for George Floyd
Best February ever recorded despite challenges from coronavirus pandemic.
