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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada; on the East Coast, the dominant union is the International Longshoremen's Association.
However, the ILWU asked that the Agreement also shorten weekly work shifts from 40 hours to 35 hours per week in order to accommodate the basic workforce and maintain equal wages among workers. Employers would be able to introduce new technology and device that would improve the ports productivity, efficiency, and reduce the number of labor ...
All India Port and Dock Workers Federation; All Japan Dockworkers' Union; Amalgamated Society of Foremen Lightermen of River Thames; Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen; Associated Marine Workers Union of New York
West Coast dockworkers are represented by a different union, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union, or ILWU, which agreed to a new contract with the Pacific Maritime Assn. last year.
Time is running out to avoid a work stoppage at ports along the entire East and Gulf coasts that what could become the most disruptive strike to the US economy in decades.
The dockworkers union's past includes some of the most influential strikes in US history. Workers at the largest US ports who can make over $100,000 are negotiating a contract for the first time ...
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.
(Reuters) - The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) representing U.S. dockworkers has filed for a chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to resolve a pending litigation with the Oregon ...