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With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen's union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract.
Union leader John Lewis negotiated for job security and pay increases for existing workers, but the encroachment of machines led to fewer hires, and over time the workforce and union ranks shrunk.
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is a North American labor union representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways; on the West Coast, the dominant union is the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. The ILA has ...
Longshore worker and crane operator Al Webster joined the Seattle march on May 1, 2007 to call for an end to the Iraq war. In protest of the Iraq War, the ILWU encouraged longshore workers to "shut down all West Coast ports" by walking off the job on May 1, 2008, to "make May Day a 'No Peace, No Work' holiday." On May 1, more than 10,000 ILWU ...
The website expanded into nine more U.S. cities in 2000, four in 2001 and 2002, and 14 in 2003. On August 1, 2004, Craigslist began charging $25 to post job openings on the New York and Los Angeles pages. On the same day, a new section called "Gigs" was added, where low-cost and unpaid jobs can be posted for free.
Boeing could face more strike disruption as its 787 plant receives some parts via the ports, while Airbus ships some components to Alabama.
2012 Port of Los Angeles / Long Beach lockout Date November 27 – December 4, 2012 (1 week) Location Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, United States Caused by Dispute over labor contract negotiations Goals Greater job security for union members against outsourcing Methods Strike action Picketing Resulted in Employers and union agree to new labor contract Parties International Longshore ...
On Friday afternoon, a United Airlines flight headed to Mexico City International Airport from San Francisco International Airport was diverted to Los Angeles International Airport “due to an ...