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Protest Closes India's Port Nehru
JOC Staff |
A protest by local political parties and trade unions shut down India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), forcing ocean carriers to skip calls at the <a href="http://www.joc.com/portstermin
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NYSA's Curto Responds to Waterfront Commission Report
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Inefficient work and pay practices criticized by the Waterfront Commission should be addressed “at the bargaining table – not publicly in the political world and surely not in the press,&r
Longshore labor
Waterfront Commission Blasts NY-NJ Port Job Practices
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Hiring and work practices at the Port of New York and New Jersey breed inefficiency, favor “a privileged few,” and invite organized-crime influence, the Waterfront Commission of New York H
Longshore labor
NYSA-ILA Case Goes to Arbitration
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
A multimillion-dollar damage lawsuit against the International Longshoremen’s Association for an illegal work stoppage at the Port of New York and New Jersey has been dismissed and the dispute s
Longshore labor
North American ports
Striking a Balance
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
When International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett warned some 1,600 Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference attendees this month that labor negotiations could produce a strike thi
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Down to Business for ILA, USMX
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
James Capo has been working for months to calm shippers’ concerns about the impending East and Gulf Coast longshore labor negotiations.
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Heated ILA Negotiations Could Push Cargo to West Coast
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
West Coast ports could see a diversion of cargo from East and Gulf Coast ports this year if contract talks between waterfront employers and the International Longshoremen’s Association become he
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Strike Cripples Operations at India's Port Nehru
JOC Staff |
Operations at the Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) were severely disrupted Tuesday after dock workers at India’s largest container gateway joined a 24-hour nationwide general strike.
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Container Accident Kills NJ Dockworker
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
A dockworker was killed Wednesday night at the Port Newark Container Terminal in New Jersey after she was pinned between two containers. <br /> <br />
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Maritime
Advancing Technology - With Job Guarantees?
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Shippers and carriers view this year’s East and Gulf Coast longshore labor negotiations with a sense of trepidation and an eye on the calendar.<br /> <br />
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ILA Hits NY-NJ Terminals With Mass Grievances
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
An International Longshoremen’s Association local headed by one of ILA President Harold Daggett’s sons has bombarded four New Jersey container terminals with grievances alleging more than
Longshore labor
Court Rejects Challenge of NY-NJ Port Monitors
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
A federal appeals court affirmed a lower court’s decision that the New York Shipping Association acted prematurely in challenging a port crime watchdog agency’s plan for independent monito
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Maritime
ILA’s Daggett Seeks Guaranteed Jobs at Contract Negotiations
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said the ILA will enter this year’s contract negotiations seeking guaranteed minimum staffing and protection against job c
Longshore labor
Maritime
EGT, ILWU Terminal Agreement on the Horizon
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
EGT recognized the Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 21 as the bargaining representative for workers at the new grain export terminal in Longview, Wash., signalling the wind-down of one of the most
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ILA, United Arab Shipping Agree to Contract
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
United Arab Shipping’s U.S.
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NY-NJ Port Authority to Crack Down on 'Discrimination'
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s new executive director said the agency will use its leases as a lever to end “deliberate discrimination” in hiring on the bistate port
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Maritime
Trucking labor
ILA's Opening Shot
Joseph Bonney |
An International Longshoremen’s Association demonstration outside a New Jersey container terminal may be a hint of things to come as the ILA gears up for bargaining on a new contract covering At
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Maritime
Daggett's Diagnosis
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If you want to get a rise out of International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett, ask him about the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.<br /> <br />
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Three More Charged With Extorting ILA Members
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Three additional defendants and dozens of counts were added to a federal racketeering indictment accusing mob figures and ex-International Longshoremen’s Association officials of extorting New Y
Longshore labor
Maritime
North American ports
ILA, Yang Ming Approve Stowage Planners’ Contract
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1964 and Yang Ming (America) have agreed on a three-year contract covering the carrier’s two New Jersey-based vessel stowage planners.
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Maritime
NY-NJ Pier Worker Charge With Illegal Bookmaking
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
A pier superintendent at Maher Terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey was arrested on a federal complaint accusing him of running an illegal bookmaking business.<br /> <br />
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Maritime
Driving a Hard Bargain
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Every three years, office clerical workers in Southern California sit at the bargaining table with waterfront employers and launch what may be the West Coast’s most contentious round of contract
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Maritime
North American ports
ILA's Battle Cry
Joseph Bonney |
James Devine says he isn’t trying to pick a fight with the International Longshoremen’s Association, but he may face one over plans to introduce labor-saving technology at an expanded Glob
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Maritime
Trade Union Rejects Occupy Move on Ports
Bill Mongelluzzo |
A second major labor group announced its opposition Friday to plans by the Occupy movement to shut down the port on Monday.<br /> <br />
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ILWU Picketers Say Employers Are Outsourcing Jobs
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union office clerical workers who are <a href="http://www.joc.com/labor/ilwu-clerks-end-port-la-lb-negotiations"><u>picketing four terminals</u></a> in Los An
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Picketing Halts Work at Four LA-LB Terminals
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
International Longshore and Warehouse Union office clerical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach broke off contract talks and set up picket lines at four container terminals after 18 months of negotiatio
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North American ports
ILA Withdraws Labor Charge Against Yang Ming
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
An International Longshoremen’s Association local has withdrawn its <a href="http://www.joc.com/labor/ila-files-labor-charge-against-yang-ming"><u>unfair-labor-practice charge</u></a> against Ya
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Container lines
ILA, NYSA to Give Hiring Preference to Veterans
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and the New York Shipping Association said they will give hiring preference to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans for jobs that open up in the Port of New
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Maritime
Long Beach Board Expected to Confirm Lytle Nomination
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners is expected to confirm the nomination of J. Christopher Lytle as executive director at the next commission meeting on Nov. 14.<br /> <br />
Longshore labor
ILA Files Labor Charge Against Yang Ming
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
An International Longshoremen’s Association local has accused Yang Ming (America) of engaging in an unfair labor practice by refusing to negotiate a contract for the Taiwanese carrier’s tw
Longshore labor
Maritime
Container lines
Fines Against ILWU for EGT Protest Top $300,000
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union was fined $65,000 for blocking access to a controversial grain terminal in Longview, Wash., bringing the total fines levied against the union to more th
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Maritime
Occupy Protesters 'Shut Down' Port of Oakland
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
THIS IS A 10 P.M. EDT UPDATE<br /> <br /> <br />
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ILWU Oakland Holds Back From 'Occupy' Sympathy Walkout
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
Prospects for an organized shutdown of the Port of Oakland appeared remote Wednesday after International Longshore and Warehouse Union locals in Northern California didn’t direct longshoremen to
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Maritime
Study Says US-Flag Ships Cost More to Operate
R.G. Edmonson, Associate Editor |
U.S.-flag merchant ships spend on average 2.7 times more to operate their vessels than their foreign competitors, largely because labor and benefits cost American operators nearly twice as much, accor
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Maritime
Two Plead Guilty in Waterfront Loan-Sharking Case
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
A reputed New Jersey mobster and an International Longshoremen’s Association checker pleaded guilty to state charges involving waterfront loan sharking at the Port of New York and New Jersey.<br
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Maritime
Consultant Says Dock Safety Makes Fiscal Sense
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
Marine terminal operators have to pay about $1,300 in weekly compensation to hurt workers, making dock safety promotion a smart fiscal move as well as a good humanitarian decision, according to an ind
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Maritime
ILWU Members Ratify Grain Contract
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
International Longshore and Warehouse Union locals in the Pacific Northwest voted to ratify a grain-handlers contract agreement that was tentatively agreed to on Sept.
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ILA Moves Headquarters to New Jersey
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The International Longshoremen’s Association relocated its headquarters to North Bergen, N.J., from the union’s longtime home in lower Manhattan.<br /> <br />
Longshore labor
Maritime
Judge Rules Arbitrator Needed
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
Grain exporter EGT and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union continue to cry out for clarity over the union’s contention that EGT is bound by a working agreement with Washington’
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Judge Says Labor Arbitrator Needed in EGT Dispute
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
The judge handling the volatile jurisdictional dispute at a grain terminal in Washington provided little clarification of the situation by suggesting a labor arbitrator should determine the legality o
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