Leaders from a US dockworkers’ union and the group that represents their employers are set to resume contract talks on Jan. 7 as the threat of a strike looms, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.
https://gcaptain.com/us-dockworkers-port-employers-set-to-restart-talks-next-week/
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) For decades, American merchant mariners have been in a state of stagnation. Despite their crucial role in U.S. shipping and national security, wage growth and…
https://gcaptain.com/chinas-mariner-wages-soar-u-s-merchant-mariner-stagnates-inflation/
By Ian Putzger (The Loadstar) – Even before contract negotiations get underway, the threat of a strike shutting down US ports on the east and Gulf coasts next year is…
https://gcaptain.com/strike-threat-looms-over-us-east-and-gulf-coast-ports-in-2024/
The St. Lawrence Seaway was set to reopen today after mediated negotiations between the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) and the Unifor union produced a tentative agreement.
The 364 Unifor members who have been on strike since October 22 were set to go back to work at 7.00 a.m. this morning. The SLMC said that it had begun to implement its recovery and will start
passing ships progressively as of today.
The tentative agreement covers Unifor members at Locals 4211, 4212 and 4323...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/st-lawrence-seaway-strike-ends/
La Comisión Europea ha decidido no extender el ‘Reglamento de Exención de Bloque para Consorcios (CBER)’ de acuerdo a fuentes.
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https://fullavantenews.com/la-ue-abolira-la-exencion-de-bloque-para-los-consorcios-de-carga/?lang=es
SYDNEY, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Unions representing workers at Chevron‘s two major Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) complexes have said they will take industrial action from Sept. 7, a company spokesperson said on…
https://gcaptain.com/chevron-lng-workers-in-australia-plan-industrial-action-from-sept-7/
The union representing more than 3,300 UPS pilots has reached a tentative agreement with the express delivery company on a two-year contract extension, both sides separately announced late Tuesday. If approved by rank-and-file members of the Independent Pilots Association, the deal will ensure UPS and its customers of uninterrupted deliveries related to labor issues through Sept. 1, 2025.
UPS (NYSE: UPS) said terms of the updated contract include annual wage increases and enhanced pension...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ups-pilots-tentatively-agree-on-2-year-contract-extension
Today’s two-day hearing before the Fair Work Commission to terminate or suspend the Maritime Union of Australia’s industrial action at Patrick Terminals has been cancelled following an agreement for further talks between the parties.
On Friday, 23 October, the MUA provided undertakings to the Fair Work Commission that committed the union to not organise or notify any industrial action against Patrick Terminals before 1 December 2020. Patrick Terminals noted, however, that there is the...
https://shippingaustralia.com.au/union-patrick-fair-work-hearing-cancelled-pending-further-talks/
A pan-European campaign intended to tackle inequalities affecting workers’ rights has been launched by Nautilus International to mark Seafarers Awareness Week. The campaign aims to focus on fair workplaces, fair pay, fair treatment, fair access, […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/nautilus-launches-workers-rights-campaign/
Shipping Australia condemns the rogue action of the Victorian
branch of the Maritime Union of Australia who have refused to unload a cargo vessel
in Melbourne on the pretext of utterly spurious health and safety claims.
The Union’s claims that the vessel is breaching any sort of
regulation and presents an abnormal risk is an outright campaign of lies.
At a time of national crisis when all other Australians are
feeling the pressure, the Victorian branch of the MUA is engaging in a blatant
attempt...