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.
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.
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.
The White House is getting pressure from Congress to relieve tension on the waterfront after Biden pledged not to get involved.
FreightWaves examines the International Longshoremen’s Association’s concern with port automation and its effects on global port competitiveness.
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.
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.
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 International Longshoremen’s Association is in a contract dispute with ocean carriers over wage increases and use of automation.
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.
