More than 45,000 U.S. dockworkers represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association ratified a new six-year contract on Tuesday, formalizing a deal that offers bumper pay hikes and averts any potential disruption until 2030.
https://gcaptain.com/us-east-and-gulf-coast-dockworkers-ratify-new-six-year-contract/
By Lisa Baertlein and Timothy Aeppel – NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. companies that rely on East and Gulf Coast seaports have been importing early, shifting goods to the West Coast, and…
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By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) Employers and the union representing more than 22,000 dockworkers at 30 US ports on the West Coast are unlikely to reach a wage deal by the time…
by John Konrad (gCaptain) During the Second World War a massive amount of money and materials flowed through New York harbor providing victory for Europe but also profits for the…
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Dennis Flaherty ticks off the supply chain issues and the challenges to localize manufacturing faced by T/CCI, the $150 million maker of heavy-duty compressors and clutches for the mobile air-conditioning and refrigeration industries. He nearly runs out of fingers.
Even before pandemic lockdowns crimped production in Ningbo, China, T/CCI had to decide how to handle the costs associated with 25% tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump on imported Chinese-made goods, Before that was a long...
By K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) — Dock workers around the world are pushing to widen bans on Russian ships from their ports, moves that would potentially blacklist more than 1,700 vessels…
https://gcaptain.com/dock-workers-shipping-lines-boycott-russia/
Four dozen industry groups asked the White House on Tuesday to play an early role in impending contract negotiations between terminal management and dockworkers at West Coast ports to ensure there is no deterioration in cargo processing amid ongoing port congestion and trade uncertainty associated with the war in Ukraine.
The contract between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union is set to expire at the end of June. Automation and higher...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-house-urged-to-shepherd-labor-talks-at-west-coast-ports
Port congestion that has snarled supply chains for more than a year could soon get worse if negotiations for a new contract between West Coast port operators and dockworkers don’t go smoothly. The rocky history between management and the stevedoring union has shippers buckling in for a stomach-churning year of late shipments, stockouts and soaring transportation costs.
On Thursday, the National Retail Federation urged the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bargaining-over-west-coast-ports-labor-pact-puts-retailers-on-edge
By Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) — About 1,700 dockworkers at West Coast ports have tested positive for Covid-19 in January, stretching capacity at the U.S.’s busiest gateway for shipping containers. The number…
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By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — With a near-record 75 container ships waiting outside the U.S.’s largest port complex in southern California, unionized dockworkers have strengthened their indispensable role in the supply chain. Facing…