The last time the ILA went on strike in 1977 the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) union at West Coast ports supported it by allowing ILA members to go to the Port of Los Angeles to stop the unloading of diverted vessels. ILA President Daggett, who was involved in those ...
Tuesday. The strike could cease operations at the Port of Philadelphia. On Monday, officials rushed to offload ships at the Port of Philadelphia as a strike loomed on the horizon. CBS News Philadelphia saw at least 100 trucks in 10 minutes carting away pineapples, bananas and vegetables. "...
The White House is scheduled to host a briefing Friday morning on the port strike. Retailers — many of whom had already prepared for the strike by either diverting their cargo to the West Coast ports orpulling their orders forward— are ...
R By: Reuters October 04, 2024 06:57 AM NEW YORK/WASHINGTON — U.S. dock workers and port operators have reached a tentative deal that will immediately end a three-day strike that has shut down shipping on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast, the International Longshoremen's Association...
Updated on: October 2, 2024 / 9:32 AM MDT / CBS News Thousands of dockworkers at every major East and Gulf Coast port are now striking, closing trade gateways that handle about half of all goods shipped in containers in and out of the U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he ...
Indeed, a carrier contact toldThe Loadstarrecently that just the threat of a US east coast port strike had been the main driver of the recent rate surge on the transpacific, and an actual “full-blown strike” would “see us through the winter”. ...
In Nashville yesterday, ILA president Harold Daggett told hundreds of ILA members and officers, at the union’s Educational Conference, to prepare for a strike to commence on 1 October, 2024. He reiterated that there would be no extension of the existing agreement if the United States Maritime...
Gene Seroka, Port of LA executive director, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss what Seroka's seeing ahead of the East Coast port strike, what the Port of LA is preparing for, and what the port strike will do for the economy.
A strike at ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico could threaten Americans’ supply of bananas. Three-quarters of the nation’s bananas — more than 3.8 million metric tons — come through ports handled by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) each year, according to the...
Updated on: October 2, 2024 / 8:42 AM PDT / CBS News Thousands of dockworkers at ports from New England to Texas went on strike just after midnight on Tuesday as they rally for higher pay and more job security. The work stoppage, the first at East and Gulf Coa...