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...
Carriers Announce Disruption Surcharges for USEC Cargo as Strike Looms October 1
By Gavin van Marle via LoadStar 19/09/2024 As the possibility of an October 1 Strike action at Ports on the US East and Gulf Coasts draws nearer by the day, container shipping lines serving the region have begun to announce disruption surcharges. On 1 September, MSC notified customers it would apply a $1,000 per 20ft and $1,500 per 40ft Emergency Operations...