Unions renew call for industrial action at France’s biggest box port
Docker and port worker unions at France’s biggest container port, Le Havre, have begun a ...
The International Longshoremen Association (ILA), which represents some 85,000 port workers along the eastern seaboard and Gulf coast ports, is displaying a determined stance in its face-off with port employers over a new labour contract.
Having suspended contract negotiations with the US Maritime Alliance (USMX), which represents employers at east and Gulf coast ports, on Monday because of a dispute over automation, ILA leadership has signalled a hard line on the issue of remuneration in the new labour agreement due to ...
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Dwight Campbell
June 15, 2024 at 3:20 amHere again is an instance where DP World’s intermodal terminal at Saint John could be the recipient of some of that intermodal traffic that would need an alternative to the USEC. Saint John’s direct connection via NBSR to US rail provider CSX would allow deliveries in Canada to be forwarded to US destinations. It would not be ideal, and likely short lived, but it is an option if a strike on the USEC happens.