A shippers’ coalition on Tuesday asked the White House to help restart stalled contract negotiations and said President Biden should be prepared to intervene to prevent a strike.
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.
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.
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 representatives unanimously backed President Harold J. Daggett’s call for a coastwide strike at ports from Maine to Texas on Oct. 1.
The union representing East and Gulf Coast dockworkers warned members to prepare for a possible strike starting Oct. 1, 2024.
The Port of Montreal is expected to reopen Sunday after longshore workers and employers agreed on a seven-month truce to hash out a new contract.
Longshore workers at the Port of Montreal say they will go on strike Monday if they don’t reach an agreement with employers. An intermodal executive is hopeful it will happen.
Escalation in labor dispute threatens to put a stop to maritime trade across the province, including Vancouver.
Planned walkout by 2,000 ILWU members at Global Container Terminals’ Deltaport and Vanterm facilities would seriously disrupt operations at Canada’s largest port.
Vote by International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada members ups the ante in contract talks by raising the prospect of a disruption at Canada’s largest port, Vancouver.
After five days, the port truckers strike in Los Angeles and Long Beach came to an end on Friday with striking truckers delivering a petition with 10,000 signatures on it to LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia.
