USMX

Port strike: No good news

As the clock ticks down to a strike that will close U.S. ports from Maine to Texas after midnight tonight, there were no signs that either side in the dispute was prepared to make any concessions.

The employers’ organization, the United States Marine Alliance (USMX) had, as this was written, released no update since its September 26 announcement that it had filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking an order to require the ILA union to resume bargaining.

In a Facebook post at 11...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/port-strike-no-good-news/

What to know about the upcoming ILA port strike

With tens of thousands of union dockworkers set to strike at East and Gulf Coast ports starting Tuesday, here is an overview of the labor dispute and its potential impact on the U.S. economy.

Who is striking?

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is the union organizing the upcoming strikes.

Founded in 1877 as the Association of Lumber Handlers, the ILA states on its website that the union today represents upwards of 85,000 longshoremen on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts, the Great...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-to-know-about-the-upcoming-ila-port-strike

ILA calls USMX move at NLRB “a publicity stunt”

As a port strike that threatens to close U.S, ports from Maine to Texas on October 1 gets ever nearer, the ILA union is dismissing the most recent reported move by the employers organization the United States Marine Alliance (USMX) as “a publicity stunt.”

USMX seeks NLRB intervention as port strike looms

As we reported, yesterday USMX filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking an order to require the ILA union to resume bargaining.

The ILA says it regards the “unfair labor...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/ila-calls-usmx-move-at-nlrb-a-publicity-stunt/

Republicans push Biden to intervene if dockworkers strike

WASHINGTON — Republicans lawmakers are warning President Joe Biden to get more involved in the dispute between waterfront labor and container terminal operators at East Coast ports or risk a major supply chain disruption starting at the end of the month.

“Given the devastating economic consequences of a potential strike and the Administration’s lack of engagement to date, we urge you to give immediate attention to this matter, to aid in these negotiations, and find a reasonable resolution to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/republicans-push-biden-to-intervene-if-dockworkers-strike

Does the ILA have a point in objecting to automation?

In two weeks, the current labor contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) is set to expire. More than 70,000 dockworkers across 36 East and Gulf Coast ports from Maine to Houston may strike, potentially bringing a critical segment of the domestic supply chain to a standstill.

In addition to the union’s demand for higher pay, one of its major complaints is the USMX’s investment in automation.

The alliance of employers,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/does-the-ila-have-a-point-in-objecting-to-automation

Could East Coast port strike spread to West Coast?

Could a work stoppage by East Coast longshoremen spread to West Coast ports?

That’s the nontrivial question facing shipping lines, terminal operators and the country at large as U.S. East and Gulf Coast port employers nervously wait out an Oct. 1 strike deadline set by the International Longshoremen’s Association.

The current six-year ILA master contract covering dockworkers and other port employees from Maine to Houston expires Sept. 30. No contract talks have been scheduled.

The primary issues...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/could-east-coast-port-strike-spread-to-west-coast

What to know about ILA demands in potential port strike

It was 1977 since the last strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents unionized workers at ports on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), representing 40 ocean carriers and terminal operators, has successfully negotiated 10 straight master contracts without a work stoppage with the ILA.

The current six-year agreement covers approximately 45,000 port workers employed in container and roll-on/roll-off operations at ports from Maine...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ila-port-strike-what-you-need-to-know

Union reps back East and Gulf Coast dock strike

Representatives of unionized dockworkers this week unanimously supported leadership calls for a strike at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports if a new contract with employers isn’t reached by Oct. 1.  

Nearly 300 International Longshoremen’s Association delegates concluded two days of meetings in New Jersey by unanimously supporting International President Harold J. Daggett’s call for a coastwide strike at ports from Maine to Texas on Oct. 1 if a new Master Contract with United States Maritime...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/union-reps-back-east-and-gulf-coast-dock-strike

VIDEO: ILA ramps up port strike rhetoric

Fears that a Maine to Texas port strike by the International Longshoremens Association (ILA) could become a reality on October 1 are growing, with Torsten Hartmann, senior director trade management transpacific at Hapag-Lloyd, saying on the latest edition of The Freight Buyers’ Club podcast, that a strike closing ILA-manned ports would have far-reaching, global consequences.

“I’ve been asked by the management in my company, ‘What’s your Plan B?,’” he continued. “The honest answer is there’s no...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/video-ila-ramps-up-port-strike-rhetoric/

U.S. port strike fears stoked as ILWU pledges solidarity with ILA

Raising the specter that a threatened Maine to Texas U.S. port strike could ratchet into something even further reaching, Willie Adams, U.S. West Coast dockworkers’ union president on Friday wrote International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) president Harold J. Daggett reaffirming his union’s support for the ILA in its negotiations with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX).

“As you continue negotiating and move close to the expiration of your contract, the ILWU stands in solidarity with the...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/u-s-port-strike-fears-stoked-as-ilwu-pledges-solidarity-with-ila/

+ More