Maritime
Container Shipping News
Breakbulk News
Port News
Surface
Trucking News
Rail News
Air Cargo
Air Cargo Carriers News
Air Cargo Forwarder News
Supply chain
Logistics Technology News
Industrial Real Estate News
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Last Mile News
Cool Cargo News
Events
Resources
Magazine
Newsletters
Multimedia
White Papers
Special Reports
Press Releases
Media Kit
Other
Gateway
Free Trial
|
Subscribe
Maritime
Container Shipping News
Breakbulk News
Port News
Surface
Trucking News
Rail News
Air Cargo
Air Cargo Carriers News
Air Cargo Forwarder News
Supply chain
Logistics Technology News
Industrial Real Estate News
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Last Mile News
Cool Cargo News
Events
Resources
Magazine
Newsletters
Multimedia
White Papers
Special Reports
Press Releases
Media Kit
Other
Gateway
Free Trial
Sign In
Subscribe
Home
maritime
port news
longshore labor
Longshore labor
News and analysis of longshore labor, contracts, safety, strikes, disruption
The latest
Longshore labor
News & Analysis
St. Lawrence Seaway Strike Averted
Courtney Tower |
A tentative agreement between nearly 500 Canadian Auto Workers and Canada’s St.
Longshore labor
Maritime
Forwarding
ILWU's McEllrath Surrenders to Police
Bill Mongelluzzo |
International Longshore and Warehouse Union President Bob McEllrath surrendered to law enforcement officials on Monday to face misdemeanour charges relating to blocking a train from entering a grain e
Longshore labor
Maritime
Grain Terminal Prepares To Open Amid Protests
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Grain terminal operator EGT in Longview, Wash., received a 110-car rail shipment of wheat, moving the site closer to opening in the face of a massive labor protest. <br /> <br />
Longshore labor
Maritime
Forwarding
Labor's Long View?
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Since it’s founding in 1934, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union has prided itself in being a militant union, but its militancy was usually limited to walking off the job to take a p
Longshore labor
Maritime
North American ports
ILWU Arrests – All or None
Bill Mongelluzzo |
In a show of solidarity and apparent disdain over police actions at rough protest last week, the entire membership of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 21 turned themselves in Friday i
Longshore labor
North American ports
Panama Pilots Affiliate With ILWU
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The 250-member Panama Canal Pilots Union will affiliate with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, extending the reach of the powerful West Coast dockworkers’ union to Panama three ye
Longshore labor
Forwarding
Judge Finds ILWU in Contempt
Bill Mongelluzzo |
A federal court judge in Tacoma Thursday found the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in contempt of court for vandalizing the new EGT grain export terminal in Longview, Wash., during the uni
Longshore labor
Forwarding
Workers Strike Again at Indian Port
JOC Staff |
Workers at India’s Port of Chennai launched a wildcat strike Thursday morning to protest the death of a colleague in a dockside accident, local shipping circles said.<br /> <br />
Longshore labor
Maritime
Container lines
Forwarding
Ex-ILA Officer Charged With Embezzlement
Joseph Bonney |
A former officer of an International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1233 in Newark, N.J., was charged with stealing more than $100,000 in union funds.<br /> <br />
Longshore labor
Maritime
ILWU Reaches Pact With Grain Operators
JOC Staff |
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union reached a tentative agreement late Wednesday with grain elevator operators in the Pacific Northwest, a pact that would isolate grain handler EGT in its
Longshore labor
Maritime
Video Rant Leads Cops to ILWU Protester
Joseph Bonney |
An International Longshore and Warehouse Union member was arrested on felony charges stemming from an ILWU protest at a West Coast grain terminal after a witness identified him from an obscenity-laden
Longshore labor
Maritime
Judge to ILWU: Don't Impede Terminal Operations
Bill Mongelluzzo |
A U.S.
Longshore labor
Maritime
Rail News
Container lines
North-American rail
ILWU Defies Court Order in Longview, Wash., Picketing
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union vowed to maintain its pickets at a newly built grain terminal in Longview, Wash., despite a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in Tac
Longshore labor
Maritime
Rail News
North-American rail
SUNY Maritime College Gets First Female President
Mark Szakonyi |
Former Rear Adm. Wendi Carpenter on Thursday became the first female president of State University of New York Maritime College, the country’s largest and oldest maritime college. <br />
Longshore labor
Maritime
Second Dockworker Killed in Philadelphia
Joseph Bonney |
A longshoreman fell to his death in a breakbulk ship Saturday in the second fatal accident in eight days on the Philadelphia waterfront.<br /> <br />
Longshore labor
Former ILA President Bowers Dies at 88
Joseph Bonney |
John M.
Longshore labor
Maritime
Forwarding
Longshore Workers Killed in Philadelphia, Newark
Joseph Bonney |
Two longshore workers were killed in work accidents at Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in Philadelphia and Maher Terminals in Port Newark, N.J.<br /> <br />
Longshore labor
Maritime
North American ports
Change at the ILA
Joseph Bonney |
As Harold Daggett basked in the applause of union delegates after his election as International Longshoremen’s Association president, loudspeakers came alive with the Sam Cooke classic “A
Longshore labor
Maritime
Forwarding
A Family Man
Joseph Bonney |
A two-month longshoremen’s strike in 1977 left Harold Daggett so strapped he qualified for food stamps, but Daggett said he couldn’t tap family members for a loan “because they were
Longshore labor
Maritime
Forwarding
Quiet on the Coalition Front
Joseph Bonney |
The Longshore Workers Coalition, the intra-union group that has criticized International Longshoremen’s Association leadership, was relatively quiet during last month’s ILA convention in H
Longshore labor
Maritime
Forwarding
USMX to ILA: It's Us Against the World
Joseph Bonney |
The next union contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers will be negotiated amid economic uncertainty, the prospect of new business from a wider Panama Canal and heightened competition from West Co
Longshore labor
Maritime
ILA’s Daggett Vows Aggressive Stance
Joseph Bonney |
Harold Daggett took over as president of the International Longshoremen’s Association on Thursday with a vow to fight automation, increase organizing and research activities, aggressively enforc
Longshore labor
Maritime
Forwarding
ILWU Chief Promises to Work With ILA
Joseph Bonney |
The president of the West Coast longshore union pledged cooperation with the International Longshoremen’s Association and criticized other unions he said were poaching dockworker jobs.<br />
Longshore labor
Maritime
Capo Suggests Separate Banana, Short-Sea Pacts
Joseph Bonney |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and management should consider separate contracts for short-sea shipping and proprietary cargo such as bananas, management’s chief negotiator t
Longshore labor
Maritime
USMX's Capo Warns of Competition for ILA
Joseph Bonney |
Management officials urged the International Longshoremen’s Association to work with employers to compete with West Coast ports and attract the investment Atlantic and Gulf ports need to benefit
Longshore labor
Maritime
Dennis Daggett to Head ILA Atlantic District
Joseph Bonney |
Dennis Daggett, son of International Longshoremen’s Association president-in-waiting Harold Daggett, is the new president of the ILA’s Atlantic Coast District, which covers ports from Main
Longshore labor
Maritime
Trailer Bridge Names New CCO
JOC Staff |
Trailer Bridge named Scott W. Fernandez as chief commercial officer today in place of the departing Adam E. Gawrysh Jr., who is leaving the company May 27.<br /> <br />
Longshore labor
Maritime
Forwarding
ILWU Working to Keep California Ports Competitive
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has a reputation of militancy, but a Southern California union official said recent history shows the ILWU is a collaborative partner of the West Coast
Longshore labor
Maritime
Forwarding
North American ports
Canadian Longshoremen Ratify Labor Contract
x |
Canadian longshoremen ratified a watershed contract that should guarantee labor peace at the country’s Pacific Coast ports for eight years.<br /> <br />
Longshore labor
Maritime
Forwarding
Dockworkers Sentenced for Payroll Fraud
Joseph Bonney |
Two New York-New Jersey dockworkers have been sentenced after pleading guilty to submitting fraudulent time sheets for hours they didn’t work. <br /><br />
Longshore labor
Workers to Rally Against Pacific Maritime Association
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Labor activists in Northern California will hold a rally Monday in front of the Pacific Maritime Association headquarters in San Francisco to protest a court action earlier this month that was initiat
Longshore labor
Forwarding
ILWU Canada Reaches Tentative Deal with BC Employers
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Negotiators for the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement covering the ports on
Longshore labor
Maritime
ILA Calls Off NY-NJ Strike Threat
Joseph Bonney |
The International Longshoremen's Association called off a <a href="/maritime/ila-threatens-ny-nj-strike-monday" target="_blank"><u>threatened strike</u></a> at the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Longshore labor
Maritime
Forwarding
ILA Threatens NY-NJ Strike Monday
Joseph Bonney |
<i>UPDATE 4/8/11 4:00 p.m. -- The <a href="http://www.joc.com/maritime/ila-calls-ny-nj-strike-threat" target="_blank"><u>strike was called off</u></a> Friday afternoon.</i> <br /><br />
Longshore labor
Maritime
Forwarding
Warning on the Waterfront
Joseph Bonney and Peter T. Leach |
For several years now, the risk of labor unrest has had a seemingly intractable place in decisions by carriers and shippers over the direction of import flows: The West Coast, with a tough-talking uni
Longshore labor
Maritime
Brotherly Love in NY-NJ?
Peter T. Leach |
When pickets from Philadelphia locals of the International Longshoremen’s Association shut down operations at container terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey last month, they said the
Longshore labor
ILWU Benefits Battle Heats Up
Bill Mongelluzzo |
West Coast waterfront employers are bracing for a 30 percent increase in the assessments that fund longshore benefits programs, unless last-minute deals can be worked out with the union and federal re
Longshore labor
Teamsters plan new approach to federal deregulation rules
Bill Mongelluzzo |
<p class="MsoPlainText">The hazy regulatory skies that have hovered over harbor trucking for 30 years are becoming a bit clearer thanks to recent federal court rulings in California.</p>
Longshore labor
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Hard times for ILA
JOE BONNEY |
With its contract negotiations on hold and a civil racketeering lawsuit moving slowly, the International Longshoremen’s Association is wrestling with another problem -- a financial crisis that has roi
Longshore labor
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
50-MILE RULE BACK IN ILA'S SPOTLIGHT
JOSEPH BONNEY |
International Longshoremen's Association leaders from Maine to Texas gather today in Tampa, Fla., for meetings that the union's new president, John Bowers, calls the most important ones in ILA history."
Longshore labor
1
…
23
24
25
26
27
28
✕
✕
✕
✕
✕
✕