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East & Gulf Coast Port Strike Averted!

The leaders for the ILA and the USMX have agreed to a six-year labor contract. Both sides still need to ratify the agreement. The agreement is also contingent on agreements regarding a number of local union negotiations. Details of the … Continue reading

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East Coast Ports Still Waiting for a Labor Deal

We’re on to round 3 of the labor negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) representing the East Coast and Gulf ports. The negotiations were first supposed to be completed by September 30, … Continue reading

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East and Gulf Coast Port Strike Postponed (and hopefully averted!)

Good news that is potentially great news! The ILA and USMX have come to a tentative agreement on container royalty payments (the main sticking point preventing a new contract from being agreed upon). With this agreement, both sides have agreed … Continue reading

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90 Day Extension on Labor Negotiations at East Coast Ports!!!

I’m sure many of you have already heard the good news that the collective bargaining agreement between the longshormen on the East Coast (ILA) and the East & Gulf coast port terminals received an 90 day extension. The original contract … Continue reading

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Update on East Coast Port Labor Dispute – Worker Slowdown

As of today, September 11, 2012, there is still no contract for the longshoremen on the East and Gulf ports. I have read that Federal mediators are trying to restart the contract talks. One lesson that we learned from the … Continue reading

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