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The Loadstar
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Box Lines Declare Force Majeure as U.S. Dockworker Strike Enters Day 2
By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – Shipping lines are beginning to declare force majeure, as the US east and Gulf coast port strike enters its second day. Any hope from employer association USMX...
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Mike Schuler
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ILA Union Outlines Key Demands to End Dockworker Strike
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has outlined key demands that must be met to resume contract negotiations with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). The union’s response comes after USMX’s...
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Bloomberg
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Port Strike: Trump and Biden Blame Shipowners While Harris Remains Silent
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union port strike, which could cost the U.S. economy billions per day, was notably absent from last night’s Vice Presidential debate. While Kamala Harris has...
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Bloomberg
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Port Strike: Trump and Biden Blame Shipowners While Harris Remains Silent
By Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) The Biden administration and former President Donald Trump lined up behind the dockworkers who walked out of every major East and Gulf coast port on Tuesday, each...
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Bloomberg
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ILA Chief Daggett Aims to Make History With Election Day Looming
By Laura Curtis, Deena Shanker and Michael Sasso (Bloomberg) — Union chief Harold Daggett, clad in a blue sweatshirt that read “The Docks Are Ours,” relished the fear he says gripped...
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Mike Schuler
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President Biden Urges Foreign-Owned Port Employers to Improve Offer and End Dockworker Strike
As the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) launched a widespread strike affecting 36 U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coast ports from Maine to Texas, President Joe Biden has called for fair wage...
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Mike Schuler
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Major Port Shutdown: ILA Dockworkers Hit the Picket Lines, Halting Operations on Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) initiated a widespread strike on Tuesday, shutting down all ports from Maine to Texas as of midnight this morning. This action, affecting 45,000 port workers...
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John Konrad
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ILA UNION ON STRIKE IN 36 US PORTS – Teamsters Warn Biden To ‘Stay the F*ck Out of This Fight’
by John Konrad (gCaptain) Images from social media confirm that members of the International Longshoreman Association (ILA) Union are on strike and starting to gather at outside US ports from...
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Mike Schuler
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Last-Minute Negotiations Underway as Major U.S. Port Strike Looms
In a last-minute effort to avert a dockworker strike at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports, the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) has indicated both sides have traded wage-related offers...
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Mike Schuler
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East and Gulf Coast Ports Brace for Dockworker Strike as Midnight Deadline Approaches
As the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) face a contract expiration deadline, major ports along the East and Gulf Coasts are implementing contingency plans...
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GCaptain
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Port Strike Countdown: Bananas, Medicine, and $5 Billion Daily at Stake
A supply chain professor explains what the average American family can expect when East and Gulf Coast port workers go on strike at midnight tonight. by Anna Nagurney (UMass Amherst)...
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Reuters
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Montreal Port Workers Begin Three-Day Strike at Container Terminals
Sept 30 (Reuters) – Unionized workers have begun a three-day strike at two terminals of the port of Montreal as talks over a new contract are yet to result in a labor agreement, the Canadian port’s...