Bombastic International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) leader Harold Daggett has heightened tensions over a potential strike on the US East and Gulf Coasts. In a letter to union members, Mr. Daggett and his son Dennis, EVP of ILA, dismissed recent statements by the United States Maritime...
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), representing 45,000 workers from Texas to Maine, will hold two days of meetings starting Wednesday to discuss wage demands and prepare for a potential strike on October 1. The meetings come after formal talks with the United States Maritime Alliance...
The union representing workers at Canada’s two main rail companies, Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), announced on Friday that it has filed legal challenges against recent rulings by the country’s industrial labor board. These rulings, issued last Saturday, mandated that...
Nearly 20,000 workers at major Indian ports, who had planned to go on an indefinite strike starting Wednesday, have called off their protest after reaching a new five-year agreement late Tuesday. The deal, which includes an 8.5% pay increase over five years, was finalized after prolonged...
The recent decision by the Canada Industrial Relations Board, which obliges over 9,000 Canadian rail workers to remain on the job, has sparked significant debate. While it is seen as a victory for the railways, the ruling could have far-reaching implications for bargaining processes in...
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference has issued a 72-hour strike notice to Canadian National Railway (CN), just hours after retracting picket lines and resuming operations. The notice, delivered Friday morning, signifies a potential work stoppage involving approximately 6,500 union members. The Teamsters’ official notice to CN...
The ongoing flood across 11 districts in Bangladesh has severely impacted nearly 4.5 million people, claiming at least 13 lives so far, and disrupting crucial export-import activities. Continuous rainfall, both locally and from the Indian state of Tripura, has inundated large sections of the Dhaka-Chittagong highway,...
Le gouvernement canadien a pris des mesures rapides jeudi pour mettre fin à un arrêt de travail ferroviaire sans précédent qui avait paralysé une grande partie de l'infrastructure de transport essentielle du pays. Le gouvernement a annoncé qu'il demanderait au Conseil canadien des relations industrielles (CCRI) d'émettre une ordonnance de retour au travail,...
Le CN a officiellement mis en lock-out les employés représentés par la Conférence ferroviaire de Teamsters Canada (CFTC) à compter du 22 août à 0 h 01 HE. Cette décision fait suite à l'absence de réponse du syndicat à une offre finale du CN, qui visait à prévenir un arrêt de travail. L'offre finale du CN...
L'International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) a lancé un préavis de grève pour ses 85 000 membres, qui devrait débuter le 1er octobre si un nouveau contrat n'est pas conclu d'ici là. Xeneta, une plateforme de comparaison des taux de fret, conseille aux expéditeurs d'agir rapidement, en particulier ceux qui utilisent les routes transatlantiques. Avec une...
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