Juanita Duggan, CEO at the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has welcomed appointment of a federal mediator to the contentious contract negotiations between West Coast union dockworkers and their employers. “The labour ...
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) is among more than 100 federal, state and local associations that signed on to a letter sent to President Obama expressing deep concern over the deteriorating state of negotiations between the ...
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"Retailers concerned by the lack of a West Coast longshoremen's contract will continue to bring merchandise into the country at above-average levels in September, but volume will drop from the record set in August, says a new report ...
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Import volume at major U.S. container ports is expected to hit an all-time record in August as retailers concerned about the lack of a West Coast longshoremen’s contract rush to bring holiday season merchandise into the country, ...
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Import volume at major U.S. container ports is expected to hit an all-time record in August as retailers concerned about the lack of a West Coast longshoremen’s contract rush to bring holiday season merchandise into the country, ...
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Import volume at major U.S. container ports is expected to hit an all-time record in August as retailers concerned about the lack of a West Coast longshoremen’s contract rush to bring holiday season merchandise into the country, ...
Import volume at major U.S. container ports is expected to increase 7.5 percent in June as retailers bring unusually high quantities of merchandise into the country early to avoid any potential disruptions after the labor contract with West ...
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Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 3.5 percent in May as negotiators prepare to begin talks on a new contract for West Coast dockworkers, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker ...
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Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 6.1 percent in April, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. ...
Australian maritime workers have arrived in Hong Kong to support Kwai Tsing dockworkers in their strike, which began on 28 March 2013 in support of better wages and working conditions. A delegation of Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - An agreement in principle was reached on Thursday by East and Gulf Coast Port workers and operators with a federal mediator in labor contract negotiations that will allow both to avoid a shutdown of the nation's ports. ...
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Contract talks between East Coast port operators and unionized dockworkers collapsed this week,a move that could lead to the shutdown of 14 ports on Dec.30. Each side blamed the other for the breakdown in negotiations,and no new talks ...
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As negotiations between the International Longshoremen's Association and employers represented by the US Maritime Alliance remain in a stalemate,participants in the US petrochemical markets were mixed on the impact,with some sellers ...
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WASHINGTON -- Unionized dockworkers and the operators of 14 East Coast and Gulf Coast ports have agreed to a 90-day extension of their current labor contract, ending the threat of a strike that could have shut down the ports on Sept. 30. ...
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WASHINGTON—Contract talks between East Coast port operators and unionized dockworkers will resume the week of Sept.17 at the behest of a federal mediator. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service said Thursday it would oversee ...
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