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USA – Hurricane Milton Path Predicts Devastating Landfall in Florida Overnight
NBC News, Oct. 9, 2024, 11:06 AM EDT By Denise Chow and Evan Bush Hurricane Milton surged back up to a Category 5 Hurricane with sustained winds as high as 180 MPH then fluctuated to Category 4 Hurricane (equivalent to a Signal 3 Typhoon) by Wednesday morning, with forecasts showing it on a path to hit Florida’s west-central Gulf Coast near Sarasota in the early hours...
Port Strike Ends as Workers Agree to Tentative Deal on Wages and Contract Extension Through January 15, 2025
Lori Ann LaRocco CNBC, October 4, 2024 Key Points The International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance have agreed to a tentative deal on wages. The two sides have extended their existing contract through January 15, 2025, to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The move ends a strike that had snarled East Coast and Gulf Coast...
ILA UNION ON STRIKE IN 36 US PORTS – Teamsters Warn Biden To ‘Stay Out of This Fight’
John Konrad, gCaptain October 1, 2024 Members of the International Longshoreman Association (“ILA”) Union are on strike and starting to gather at outside US ports from Texas to Maine. “We are officially out on strike, our contract ended at midnight,” Bernie ODonnell, international Vice President for ILA New England told reporters. “We plan on being here 24/7 until we get a...
US East and Gulf Coast Ports Face Imminent Shutdown as Union Announces Intent to Strike October 1
Mike Schuler September 29, 2024 The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) on Sunday announced plans for a widespread strike at all Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports, scheduled to begin at 12:01 am on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. With just 36 hours remaining before the expiration of the current ILA-USMX contract, negotiations between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have...