Longshore labor

Contract negotiations between the Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 and waterfront employers have entered their second week, which is a record of sorts in th

In a welcome sign of cooperation, office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Southern California met through the day on Wednesday, recessing the talks at 9 p.m.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance will hold meetings this month by ILA-USMX committees assigned specific issues in negotiations for a new East and

Office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach a

They’re not there yet, but the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance are reporting progress on a new master contract for East and Gulf Coast dockwork

While the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance churn the wake on the East and Gulf coasts, all should be calm on the West Coast.

International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett announced plans for the union’s affiliation with a global dockworkers’ organization that previous ILA regimes kept a

In this podcast, JOC Editor Joseph Bonney reports live from Delray Beach, Fla., where labor contract negotiations are taking place between the International Longshoremen's Associatio

The International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association and United States Maritime Alliance ended three days of negotiations with optimism about a strike-free contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.<

The International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association and United States Maritime Alliance moved closer to a contract agreement with an agreement in principle on two top issues &mdash; new technology and

The International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association plans to affiliate with the worldwide International Dockworkers Council in what ILA President Harold Daggett said is a move to expand cooperation wit

The International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association and United States Maritime Alliance

International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance are involved in a new round of intense labor contract negotiations in Florida.

The National Retail Federation urged the International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association and its management counterpart to pledge to continue contract negotiations and avoid a work stoppage that &ldquo

International Longshore and Warehouse Union members this week are picketing a barge facility in southern Oregon to protest a lumber company&rsquo;s use of non-ILWU labor to load and unload wood produc

The association representing the largest U.S.

The Journal of Commerce Trucking Employment Index edged up one-tenth of a percentage point in June as trucking hiring slowed to a crawl.

Higher manufacturing output in the Midwest is translating to more trucking jobs.

A jury in Longview, Wash., failed to reach a verdict at the weekend in a case in which International Longshore and Warehouse Union President Robert McEllrath was charged with attempting to block a tra

The court-appointed master who is handling a jurisdictional dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at the Port of Portl

Negotiators for the International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association and United States Maritime Alliance have completed two days of negotiations that yielded what an ILA spokesman said was &ldquo;substa

The International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association and United States Maritime Alliance have resumed negotiations on a contract covering 14,500 East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.

Swift Transportation, the nation's largest truckload carrier, will offer truck drivers quarterly performance-linked bonuses that it says could add up to 6 cents per mile to their pay.

Local political and trade union leaders notified the APM Terminals management in India&rsquo;s Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru) of their decision to strike June 28, an action that could shut dow

The International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association and United States Maritime Alliance are scheduled to resume negotiations when the ILA&rsquo;s wage scale committee meets on June 27-29 in Delray Beac

The words &ldquo;technology&rdquo; and &ldquo;automation&rdquo; are troubling to longshoremen because they signal a loss of job opportunities.

Negotiations on a new International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers have taken a negative turn, confronting shippers with tough choices in the weeks ahead

Delegates to the 35th convention of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union voted unanimously to affiliate with the Panama Canal Pilots Union.

A suspended pier superintendent at Maher Terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey pleaded guilty to a federal charge of illegal bookmaking using Internet sites and 1-800 telephone numbers.

A stevedoring company that plans to use workers from the Operating Engineers union to load military ammunition at Charleston said it is not competing for work currently done by International Longshore

The nation&rsquo;s two dock worker unions may take the lead in forming a maritime labor alliance to protect their jurisdiction against encroachment by non-maritime unions or non-union employers.

The International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association may have to take on the U.S. Marines to protect its jurisdiction in the Southeast.

Waterfront employers&rsquo; refusal to guarantee jobs in exchange for automation at East and Gulf Coast ports remains a serious &ldquo;hurdle&rdquo; to negotiation of a new International Longshoremen&

International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association President Harold Daggett defended the ILA&rsquo;s negotiating positions and urged management to resume negotiations when the union&rsquo;s wage scale com

Marine terminal operators in Los Angeles and Long Beach reported Friday that cargo-handling was operating normally despite a contract dispute between office clerical workers and employers.

Trucking employment increased by about 7,300 jobs in May, a 3.4 percent increase from a year ago, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics da

Contract negotiations between office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Southern California broke off after only two days of talks, opening up at least a theoretical possibility of picketing

The top negotiator for East and Gulf Coast waterfront management said International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association President Harold Daggett &ldquo;appears to be less-than-committed to engaging in me

International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association President Harold Daggett said long delays at the Port of New York and New Jersey before the Memorial Day holiday weekend were not the result of an intent

International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association President Harold Daggett said United States Maritime Alliance has been unwilling to agree to ILA contract demands for job guarantees in exchange for incr