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 ...
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Vice president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Kenneth Riley has called for the abolition of the Waterfront Commission of New York.
He claims it has overstepped its remit to investigate waterfront crime and is now seeking to regulate and reduce dockworker numbers.
Mr Riley told The Loadstar a planned protest in Washington DC – originally intended for 27 February but delayed for a “week or so” – was not something the ILA wanted but was forced to do to address “untenable conditions”.
He said: ...
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