Oct 30 (Reuters) – U.S. shippers are steering clear of East and Gulf Coast ports amid worries the 45,000 dockworkers at those trade hubs will go on strike again if their union leader does not land…
https://gcaptain.com/port-strike-2-0-major-shippers-pivot-to-west-coast-over-contract-uncertainty/
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union port strike, which could cost the U.S. economy billions per day, was notably absent from last night’s Vice Presidential debate. While Kamala Harris has…
https://gcaptain.com/port-strike-trump-and-biden-blame-shipowners-while-harris-remains-silent/
by John Konrad (gCaptain) Images from social media confirm that members of the International Longshoreman Association (ILA) Union are on strike and starting to gather at outside US ports from…
https://gcaptain.com/port-workers-union-on-strike-in-36-us-ports-teamsters-warn-biden/
A supply chain professor explains what the average American family can expect when East and Gulf Coast port workers go on strike at midnight tonight. by Anna Nagurney (UMass Amherst)…
https://gcaptain.com/port-strike-countdown-bananas-medicine-and-5-billion-daily-at-stake/
(Bloomberg) — AP Moller-Maersk A/S shares jumped as much as 4.9%, extending recent gains on expectations that labor talks with US port workers will fail and spark a new round…
https://gcaptain.com/maersk-shares-jump-ahead-of-potential-u-s-port-strike/
By Brendan Murray Sep 1, 2024 (Bloomberg) –The global container shipping industry saw profits surge to more than $10 billion in the second quarter on record volumes and rising freight rates…
https://gcaptain.com/container-carrier-profits-soar-on-record-volumes-higher-rates/
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has scheduled Wage Scale Committee Meetings for earlier next month in New Jersey to review demands to employers in its ongoing contract negotiations. However, union…
https://gcaptain.com/potential-coast-wide-strike-inches-closer/
By Laura Curtis Aug 3, 2024 (Bloomberg) –A labor strike that would shut down six out of 10 of the busiest ports in the US just weeks before the presidential election…
https://gcaptain.com/east-coast-gulf-dockworkers-to-meet-next-month-on-strike-plan/
(Bloomberg) — Dozens of US industry associations urged the White House to help restart stalled talks between East and Gulf coast dockworkers and port operators, saying a strike is the…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-industries-fearing-a-port-strike-urge-biden-for-help/
June 12 (Reuters) – – Labor talks at U.S. ports on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico are a looming risk for retailers, manufacturers and other shippers already grappling with longer transit times…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-port-strike-threat-to-test-shippers-nerves/