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Labor 2023: A lot of noise but few strikes

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For all the hand-wringing about the potential for labor disturbances across multiple modes, the year...

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Crippling port strike could hit 1 month before presidential election

Organized labor is having a moment. Unions representing port workers, parcel deliverers, auto workers, writers, actors, teachers and others are securing or seeking to secure hefty salary increases by striking or threatening to strike.

Container shipping flows to the U.S. have been affected by labor negotiations this year — and could be even more affected by union action in 2024.

In June, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which represents over 40,000 West Coast dockworkers,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/crippling-port-strike-could-hit-1-month-before-presidential-election

ILA veteran appointed Port Houston port commissioner

The City Council of Pasadena, Texas has appointed ILA veteran Alan A. Robb to serve on its behalf as a Port of Houston Authority port commissioner beginning October 1, 2023. Current commissioner Roy D. Mease will be step down at month end.

“I am deeply honored to have been bestowed this privilege to represent the best interests of the Houston Ship Channel on behalf of Pasadena, labor, industry, and the communities we serve”

Robb is a 47-year International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) veteran....

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ila-veteran-appointed-port-houston-port-commissioner/

Port of Charleston importing more consumer goods ‘than ever before’

The South Carolina Ports Authority largely has escaped the national mainstream media glare on U.S. port congestion. According to SCPA President and CEO Jim Newsome, that’s because the supply chain is not clogged at the Port of Charleston.

“The Port of Charleston is handling more retail goods, home goods, furniture, appliances and electronics than ever before,” Newsome said in a statement Tuesday. “While the global supply chain remains under tremendous pressure, SC Ports is fortunate to have...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-charleston-importing-more-consumer-goods-than-ever-before

ILA lawsuit throttles South Carolina container terminal traffic

It is unclear whether ocean carriers will avoid a newly opened container terminal in South Carolina until a labor dispute is cleared up. But at least for now, it appears most shipping lines are steering clear of the Port of Charleston’s Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal to avoid being caught up in a lawsuit filed by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA).

Over the next 15 days, only two container ships are slated to be handled at the Leatherman Terminal. Forty vessels are scheduled to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ila-lawsuit-throttles-south-carolina-container-terminal-traffic

ILA Sues for $200m After Non-union Labour Makes Port Call

  • ILA sues after non-union labour unloads containers at new US terminal.
  • The lawsuit against Hapag-Lloyd AG and the United States Maritime Alliance was filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey.
  • The lawsuit specifically mentions the Yorktown Express, a Hapag-Lloyd containership, which was the first vessel to dock at the S.C. Ports Authority’s new North Charleston terminal on April 9.
  • The ILA appears to be using that ship as a test case for all of the ports and workers covered under the USMX...

https://mfame.guru/ila-sues-for-200m-after-non-union-labour-makes-port-call/

ILA sues for $200M over nonunion labor in South Carolina

On April 9, a Hapag-Lloyd container ship became the first cargo vessel to berth at the new Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal in North Charleston, South Carolina. It was cause for celebration for the South Carolina Ports Authority. 

Then it got Hapag-Lloyd named in a lawsuit.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is seeking $200 million in damages in a lawsuit filed last week against Hapag-Lloyd and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) for the use of nonunion workers to handle cargo...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ila-sues-for-200m-over-nonunion-labor-in-south-carolina

South Carolina Ports defends hybrid labor model

An unfair labor practice charge has been filed before any containers have been moved at the South Carolina Ports Authority’s new Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal.

At issue is a contract clause that basically says all work at a proposed terminal should be done by International Longshoremen’s Association workers. The SCPA argues the soon-to-open Leatherman Terminal at the Port of Charleston was laid out years before the clause was added to the contract.

Wednesday’s filing with the National Labor...

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Longshore unions across nation pay tribute to George Floyd

Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) from Maine to Texas conducted a “peaceful protest hour” on Tuesday in honor of George Floyd.

And on the West Coast, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) dockworkers paused for nine minutes, symbolizing the nearly nine minutes a Minneapolis officer had a knee on Floyd’s neck.

Floyd, the man who became a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement after his May 25 death, was laid to rest in...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/longshore-unions-across-nation-pay-tribute-to-george-floyd

Cristobal closes Port of New Orleans terminals

Port of New Orleans terminals were closed Monday after Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, on Sunday evening.

Although the storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression and moved east on Monday, terminals were closed “given the continued heavy rainfall and uncertainty of rain and wind conditions,” said Renee Aragon Dolese, Port NOLA’s director of marketing and communications.

She said Port NOLA expected normal business operations at the New Orleans Terminal and...

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