Longshore labor

Indian dockworker labor unions and the chief labor commissioner reached a tentative last-minute agreement Thursday, averting an Aug. 18 strike.

Union representatives and officials from the chief labor commissioner have had several rounds of negotiations.

Will the vote be remembered as a narrow, ultimately inconsequential act, or a turning point premised on a message to the union leadership that something needs to change?

Christie-signed legislation still requires New York's concurrence.

ILWU three-year contract extension is now official

No date has been set for the start of bargaining on a coastwide ILA contract.

The subject of a contract extension was first raised in March 2015 at the JOC’s annual TPM Conference.

The indictment charged Moe was paid even during trips to Aruba and Florida and while engaging in other off-terminal activities.

The unions have accepted a 10 percent cut in wages and early retirement for its older members.

“ILA Dockers say to Maersk: ‘YOU CAN’T HACK MAN POWER!’”

“We are in a critical situation.”

ILWU expected to vote on contract extension after local informational meetings are completed.

The two sides failed to reach agreement at their last meeting on June 1.

The strikes follow months of slowdown.

The union last week canceled five of eight days of planned strikes between May 24 and June 9.

“Bring your cargo, it’s going to be fine.”

Spanish dockers have threatened a fresh wave of strikes.

Indian authorities and labor federations are inching toward an agreement that would avert threatened work stoppages.

The vote will come just after Atlantic Container Line, a customer since the 1960s, told JOC.com that it might be forced to quit Gothenburg.

Extending the ILWU contract into 2022 would guarantee BCOs labor peace on the West Coast for the next five years.

The strike hit Santos with “paralysis and dislocations.”

ILWU caucus Friday votes to take PMA proposal for a contract extension to a vote by the rank and file.

“Every port will be on strike.”

A consortium of seven labor federations had earlier served notice of a nationwide strike from April 19, but later agreed to defer the action until May 12.

If negotiations fail, it would be the second nationwide stoppage at major ports in two years.

Unions are protesting a reform of major port trusts through new legislation dubbed the Major Ports Authority Bill 2016.

The same legislation was introduced once before without ever making it out of the Senate.

The International Dockworkers’ Council on Monday called off worldwide strikes slated for March 23.

The strikes would have involved dockworkers stopping work every other hour.

Employers and ILWU representatives discussed a contract extension most recently in early March.

The legislation follows repeated efforts by the International Longshoremen’s Association and port businesses to rein in the commission.

The dockers’ unions have called for negotiations with the government and port employers.

A statement issued at JOC's 17th Annual TPM Conference seeks to allay shipper fears.

Several ILA officials threw a surprise curve ball in a pre-negotiation meeting with United States Maritime Alliance, proposing a one-day coastwide work stoppage and Washington march against “government interference” in longshore hiring.

“Thousands of companies and millions of workers rely on these ports.”

The dockworkers’ union has said changing Spain's dock labor system would cost 7,000 to 8,000 jobs.

Management group for US East and Gulf coasts reminds union of contract's no-strike clause.

No date has been set for the protest.

No date has been announced for formal bargaining.