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The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) union and USMX have agreed to return to the negotiating table ahead of this month's strike deadline. Dockworkers' union, employers to resume ...
A much better-than-expected jobs report released just hours after the quick suspension of a longshoreman’s strike is giving a boost and some relief to Vice President Harris’s campaign. The ...
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.
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 ...
On November 27, 2012, about 70 clerical workers at the Port of Los Angeles, [10] all OCU members, went on strike. [5] The union members worked for APM Terminals, a company that operates Pier 400 at the port. [5] Longshoremen at the pier, also members of the ILWU, honored the strike action and as a result, the port was shut down. [5]
West Coast longshoremen agreed to a new six-year contract last year that included a 32 percent raise. The economy is top of mind for American voters ahead of the November election, ranking as the ...
USMX members handle cargo shipped to and from the United States. The alliance represents its constituents in labor contracts vis-a-vis the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA). In addition, it oversees training, education, and certification programs, and voices the positions of its members regarding regulatory and safety issues.