ILA Breaks Off East Coast Port Contract Talks Over Automation
The union rejected the USMX's latest proposal, calling the move a “renewed attempt by USMX to eliminate ILA jobs.”
East, Gulf Coast port labor negotiations break down after some progress
LYNDHURST, NJ. — Progress was made this past week in reaching a new Master Contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the US Maritime Alliance (USMX), but all that came to a halt when the issue of automation came up.
Dockworkers' union walks away from negotiations with East and Gulf Coast employers
The ILA union representing East and Gulf Coast dockworkers walked away from negotiating with port employers over concerns about automation, raising the risk of the strike resuming.
Fight over semi-automated cranes leads to breakdown in East and Gulf Coast port talks aimed at avoiding a new strike
With roughly two months before union workers at East and Gulf Coast ports may begin a new strike, a fight over automated technology is slowing negotiations.
US East Coast, Gulf Coast port union and employers still at odds over automation
The union representing 45,000 East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers and a group representing employers held a new round of contract talks this week but failed to make significant progress on the critical issue of automation,
US East Coast, Gulf Coast Ports Employer Says No Significant Progress on Key Contract Issue
Containers are stacked beneath cranes at Port Newark Container Terminal as U.S. East Coast and Gulf ports resumed operations Friday after unionised dockworkers reached a tentative labour agreement with an employer group for a new contract,
ILA dockworker negotiations stall, raising chance of a January strike at Baltimore’s port
Negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association and port operators stalled this week, making a January ...
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ILA halts negotiations with USMX over automation
The ILA said that management introduced their intent to implement semi-automation—a direct contradiction to their opening ...
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ILA walks away from East and Gulf Coast contract talks
Labor contract negotiations between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the US Maritime Alliance (USMX) ...
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New contract talks between East Coast dockworkers, port operators fail to make significant progress: ‘Would move our industry backward’
Leaders of the International Longshoremen’s Association union are dogged foes of automation, saying it will kill jobs. ILA ...
National Security Ministry, ILA approves demolition of mosque, homes in unrecognized Bedouin town
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir approved plans to demolish a mosque and other structures deemed illegal by the ...
ILA-USMX’s automation divide halts negotiations again
The parties have been unable to come to an agreement on automation used at the ports as a Jan. 15 deadline approaches.
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ILA, USMX negotiations break down
After resuming negotiations this month following a tentative agreement in October between members of the International ...
USMX and ILA meet over contract negotiations
United States Maritime Alliance said on Wednesday it met with the International Longshoremen's Association to bargain and resolve all remaining outstanding issues needed to reach an agreement.
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Port strike fears grow as USMX and ILA fail to hammer out automation issues
“Studies within our industry confirm what we’ve long known—no machine or algorithm can outperform the productivity of a ...