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UNSETTLED labor conditions on the US east and Gulf coast ports are prompting shippers to divert cargo to the more peaceful but costly and congested Los Angeles and Long Beach, to avoid supply chain disruptions, reports London’s Containerisation International.   The action comes as a “tentative agreement’ reached earlier in February on a new 6-year master [...]

February 13, 2013 – Summary of Master Contract ILA Releases Details of the Master Contract, subject to the drafting of final contract language and acceptance by the ILA membership Subject to the drafting of final contract language and acceptance by the ILA membership, USMX and the ILA have agreed as follows: * The new Master [...]

West Coast ports could face new strike threat FEBRUARY 8, 2013 – The threat of another strike looms over the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit have voted to reject the tentative labor agreement that ended the eight-day strike that shut ten [...]

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US east coast strike threat still looms on New York-New Jersey docks LOCAL agreements in the New York-New Jersey domain of the International Longshoremen’s Association may yet derail the pan-east and Gulf coast agreement that supposedly averted a coastwise strike, reports Newark’s Ledger Star. Still outstanding are thorny disputes over low-show and no-show jobs contested [...]

Friday, February 1, 2013 Contact: John Arnold For Immediate Release Director of Public Affairs WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director George H.Cohen issued the following statement today on the labor negotiations between the United StatesMaritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association: “I am extremely pleased to announce that the parties have reached [...]

US east coast dock truce ends February 6, but hard talk still to come. “TOUGH NEGOTIATIONS” remain as February 6 approaches, marking the end of the US east and Gulf coast waterfront truce between the longshoremen’s union and their employers, according to US federal mediator George Cohen. The end of the agreed armistice comes to [...]

FTC Announces Enforcement Policy Statement for Retailers that Directly Import Textile, Wool, and Fur Products The Federal Trade Commission today (1-3-13) announced an Enforcement Policy Statement regarding the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, the Wool Products Labeling Act, and the Fur Products Labeling Act concerning treatment of certain retailers that directly import textile, wool, and [...]

Update on United States Maritime Alliance and International Longshoremen’s Association Labor Negotiations Release Date: 1/17/2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director George H. Cohen issued the following statement today on the labor negotiations between the United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association: “The United States Maritime Alliance and the International [...]

STEEL WIRE GARMENT HANGERS FROM VIETNAM INJURE U.S. INDUSTRY, SAYS USITCThe United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and sold in the United States at less [...]