By Brian Platt and Monique Mulima (Bloomberg) — Canada’s two largest railways are preparing to restart operations after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government stepped in to try to end a labor…
https://gcaptain.com/canada-rail-lines-prepare-to-restart-after-government-intervenes/
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Transpacific container spot rates were in the ascendancy this week as industrial action storm clouds gathered over US east coast ports. Drewry’s WCI Asia-US east…
https://gcaptain.com/transpacific-spot-rates-rise-amid-looming-u-s-port-strike-threat/
By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Canada’s freight rail network could come to a grinding halt this week, inflicting a huge economic toll after the country’s two largest railroad operators…
https://gcaptain.com/canada-wide-freight-rail-lockout-looms/
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Officers at the UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) are initiating planned industrial action on Saturday, June 1, following a dispute on compensation. The action, coordinated by the Nautilus International union,…
https://gcaptain.com/royal-fleet-auxiliary-officers-to-begin-industrial-action-over-pay-dispute/
The board of the FedEx pilots’ union has elected its third chairman in eight months as the group tries to overcome internal divisions that have hampered efforts to achieve an updated labor contract.
The FedEx Master Executive Council voted for Captain Jose Nieves, a Boeing 757 pilot who has been at FedEx (NYSE: FDX) for 28 years, to lead the union’s 5,800 members, the Air Line Pilots Association announced late Tuesday.
Nieves replaces Captain Billy Wilson, who was elected Oct. 30, 2023 for an...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-pilots-pick-third-union-chairman-since-last-summer
Seafarers International Union has announced the passing of its long-time president Michael Sacco. Sacco died of natural causes on December 28, 2023, in St. Louis, Missouri, surrounded by family members….
https://gcaptain.com/siu-president-emeritus-michael-sacco-dies-at-86/
By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) The shipping industry in Denmark, home to some of the world’s largest firms, agreed to double wages for crew sailing through the Red Sea to compensate for…
https://gcaptain.com/danish-unions-secure-hazard-pay-for-mariners-navigating-the-red-sea/
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) A pivotal debate is unfolding, one that carries the potential to redefine the trajectory of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Central to this dynamic discourse are…
https://gcaptain.com/union-fights-back-on-proposal-to-import-foreign-labor-into-us-merchant-marine/
A coalition of American maritime and transportation unions have voiced their strong opposition to a proposal to create a secondary U.S. flag fleet that could be manned with foreign crews….
https://gcaptain.com/american-maritime-unions-slam-proposal-second-us-flag/