Port employers meet with Biden administration as potential strike looms next week
Port employers met with White House officials Friday as negotiations with the union representing East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers are at an impasse with a potential strike looming.
Top Biden Admin. Officials Urge 'Good Faith' Negotiations as Port Strikes Set to Start Oct. 1
A potential strike looms at East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports starting Oct. 1 if no deal is reached. The ILA represents 45,000 dockworkers at 36 ports along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Negotiations have stalled over wage issues and concerns about automation. The current contract expires on September 30.
Facing a Possible Strike, Biden Administration Encouraging Port Operators to Negotiate With Unions
Top Biden administration officials are meeting Friday afternoon with port operators ahead of a possible strike at East and Gulf coast ports, with the union contract expiring after Monday
Biden Officials Meet Port Employers to Urge Deal to Avoid Strike
A trio of President Joe Biden’s aides are meeting with representatives of ocean carriers and terminal operators Friday with the aim of averting a strike that could shutter every major container port on the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts — while also signaling the White House won’t intervene to force workers back to the docks if they walk out.
Facing a possible strike at US ports, Biden administration urges operators to negotiate with unions
Top Biden administration officials are meeting with port operators ahead of a possible strike at East and Gulf coast ports, ahead of a Monday deadline when a union contract expires.
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Port of Houston Braces for Possible Strike as ILA and USMX Approach Critical Deadline in Contract Talks
Negotiations between ILA and USMX face a looming deadline, risking a strike that could disrupt the Port of Houston's ...
An ILA Strike Next Week Would Affect These 10 Seaports, Maybe An Election
The East Coast and Gulf Coast seaports that would be affected by a longshoremen’s strike are accounting for almost 60 percent ...
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ILA calls USMX move at NLRB “a publicity stunt”
As a port strike that threatens to close U.S, ports from Maine to Texas on October 1 gets ever nearer, the ILA union is ...
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Chances of a strike remain high with ILA and USMX still not in talks on a new deal
With time ticking away, prospects for a new East and Gulf Ports labor agreement between the International Longshoremen’s ...
Ports strike would leave Walmart, Ikea, Home Depot with few import options, union warns
Port workers are prepared to go on strike on the East and Gulf coasts on Oct. 1, and the union is warning that Canadian and ...
Strike looms at US East Coast, Gulf of Mexico ports
If its members walk off the job at ports stretching from Maine to Texas, it would be the first coast-wide ILA strike since ...
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USMX takes a step to get ILA to negotiate, filing an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB
USMX filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in an effort to get ILA back to the negotiating table.
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Where ILA strike might go from here
Bolstering its service in the LA to Chicago lane (volume shown above) by removing two days of transit time. Doubling capacity ...
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USMX seeks NLRB intervention as port strike looms
With a threatened Maine to Texas port strike on October 1 getting ever nearer, the employers organization, the United States ...
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USMX Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against East Coast Port Union
The USMX is hoping one last ditch effort can bring the ILA back to the negotiating table ahead of a potential dockworker ...