Last week, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the employer group Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) issued a joint statement on the status of the contract negotiations saying both sides...
WHEN IS SOON TOO LATE?
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DEAL OR NO DEAL?
There remains no contract deal on the West Coast between the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and employer group Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). We are into our eighth month of being without a...
STILL NO DEAL WITH THE ILWU
We are hoping for a Christmas miracle as the negotiations drag on between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). Since the contract expired on June 30th, we...
RAIL STRIKE AVERTED
Congress used the 1926 Railway Labor Act to invoke their authority to intervene in railroad labor negotiations. The House approved legislation to force union members to accept the terms of the negotiated contract. Once...
NATIONWIDE WATERFRONT PEACE
The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), the labor union representing dockworkers on the US west coast, approved a five-year contract extension last July, stretching their contract out to 2022....
AND THEY’RE OFF….
The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) will sit down today and tomorrow to discuss an early contract extension. The current contract expires June 30,...
WEST COAST LONGSHORE NEGOTIATIONS
With the contract between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) set to expire on June 30, 2014, cargo owners shipping through US West Coast gateways are...
Ushering in 2014
We are excited to usher in a new year. It may sound crazy, but we’re looking forward to another year of changes and challenges as those are things that make logistics fun. One notable change for 2014: A significant...