DETROIT — With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the longshoremen’s union come to the bargaining table.
September 26, 2024Government, Business, Logistics
Ports Seek Order to Force Dockworkers to Bargaining Table
Government, Business, Technology
US Ports Gear Up for Strike as Deadline Nears
Some 45,000 dockworkers at every major eastern and Gulf coast port are threatening to strike Oct. 1.
September 23, 2024Government, Business, Logistics, Global Freight
Port Dockworkers Threaten to Strike Over Automation, Pay
About 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation’s cargo from ships.
September 18, 2024Government, Business, Logistics
Dockworkers Take On South Carolina’s Governor in Labor Fight
Dockworkers and the governor in South Carolina, the state with the lowest percentage of unionized workers, are digging in their heels over a labor dispute.
July 13, 2023Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous, TCA
As L.A. Ports Automate, Some Workers Are Cheering On Robots
The arrival of robots at the Port of Los Angeles is exposing a stark economic divide between two sets of Southern California workers.
November 7, 2019Government, Business
Longshoremen, Port Group Reach Six-Year Labor Agreement
Members of the U.S. Maritime Alliance said they have ratified a new six-year contract with the International Longshoremen’s Association, the largest union of maritime workers in North America.
September 14, 2018Business
Baltimore Longshoremen Elect New Leaders to Retake Control of Union From International Trustee
More than 18 months after the International Longshoremen's Association seized control of its largest Baltimore local, the union is poised to end its strict oversight of Local 333 after the local elected new leaders last week.
June 28, 2016