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| Conviction upheld in waterfront mob case |
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
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The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Michael Coppola who was found guilty by a jury of racketeering and sentenced to 16 years in jail in 2009. The court said Coppola was found guilty after a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York "of conducting and conspiring to conduct the affairs of the Genovese organized crime family through a pattern of racketeering activity evidenced by the use of extortion ...
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| CORRECTION: Doyle nominated for FMC commissioner |
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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Doyle The wrong photo of William P. Doyle was included in Tuesday's edition of AS+ and AS Daily . Doyle, chief of staff at the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (MEBA), has been nominated by President Obama to be a commissioner at the Federal Maritime Commission.
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| Court won't block NY Waterfront Commission program |
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Monday, February 13, 2012
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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a complaint by the New York Shipping Association (NYSA) that sought to block a program by the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor (WCNYH) that would give it the option to install independent monitors at port businesses. The commission was created in 1953 by the states of New York and New Jersey as a special law enforcement agency to combat crime and corruption at marine terminals and other wa...
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| First ship due at Longview terminal |
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
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The first ship is due to call at the EGT grain terminal in Longview, Wash., in the wake of an agreement between the owners of the facility and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) that will result in ILWU employees loading vessels at the facility. An earlier decision by EGT to hire a contractor employing members of the rival International Union of Operating Engineers resulted in months of protests, one of which led to property damage at the facility i...
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| LogFire adds labor tracking |
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Monday, February 06, 2012
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LogFire, an Atlanta-based cloud-based supply chain services provider, has added a productivity tracker for labor management and a new analytics engine to its dashboard. The additions, Productivity Tracking System and Supply Chain Analytics Dashboard, can be fully integrated with the company's existing products. The Analytics Dashboard focuses on data collection and real-time alerts for activities like inventory thresholds, failed replenishment, and inve...
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| ACP says canal expansion on schedule |
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP), as well as Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), the consortium of four construction companies building a new, larger set of locks for the waterway, said they expect the expansion project to be completed on time. Despite a one-week construction workers strike in January, problems with perfecting the concrete mix for the locks project, and a report of work falling behind, both ACP and GUPC said in statements the canal expansion was ...
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| Belgian dock workers back strike |
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Friday, January 27, 2012
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Workers in the Port of Antwerp will support a planned 24-hour general transportation strike across Belgium, starting Monday morning, in protest against the country’s government to meet the European Union's financial targets. “Transport workers are playing a vital part in this strike,” said Paddy Crumlin, International Transport Workers' Federation president and chairman of the ITF dockers section. “Belgium’s docker unions will also be in the frontline, protesting against...
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| Labor nears ratifying freight rail deal |
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
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The two remaining labor unions that tentatively accepted new contracts with the freight railroad industry are expected to ratify those deals within the next week or two, Edward R. Hamberger, president of the Association of American Railroads, said Monday during a presentation at the Transportation Research Board's annual conference in Washington. Members of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Blacksmiths, Iron Ship Builders, Forgers and Helpers; the Inter...
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| ILWU in grain terminal deal |
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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Washington State Gov. Chris Gregoire said Monday that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and grain terminal EGT reached a tentative settlement on pending legal issues surrounding labor disputes at EGT’s grain export facility in Longview. “I asked EGT and ILWU to come together in a good faith effort to overcome their differences,” Gregoire said. “Both parties should be commended for their willingness to work together and compromise. This framework reflects co...
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| Panama Canal workers to return to job |
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Monday, January 23, 2012
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A consortium of construction companies building a new set of locks for the Panama Canal said it has agreed to increase the minimum wage of workers on the job. Grupos Unidos por el Canal (GUPC) said in a statement that workers were expected to return to work Monday, ending a week long strike. The BBC reported union officials as saying they had reached a deal to increase the minimum hourly wage for workers from $2.90 to $3.34. ...
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| Coast Guard sets safety zone at grain terminal |
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Monday, January 23, 2012
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The Coast Guard has set up a temporary safety zone around the Export Grain Terminal (EGT) located on the Columbia River in Longview, Wash., in anticipation of additional demonstrations by longshoremen and their supporters when the first ships come to load grain at the facility. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union argues that EGT is required to honor a labor agreement with its members, but has hired a subcontractor who is using members of a rival uni...
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| Panama Canal open despite construction worker strike |
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
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Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), the international consortium building a new set of locks for the expanded Panama Canal, has calling on about 6,000 workers to return to work. GUPC said it was ready to speak with union representatives, but rejected violent acts, vandalism of equipment and recent threats to staff. The company attributed the genesis of the strike to a flaw in a payroll system that resulted in some workers being underpa...
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| Report says 6,000 Panama Canal workers strike |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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The Associated Press said Tuesday that about 6,000 workers involved in the expansion of the Panama Canal have gone on strike for higher wages. The news agency quoted a representative for the workers as saying they want the base wage raised from $2.90 per hour to $4.90, and the wage for the most skilled workers raised from $3.52 per hour to $7.10. The employees say the multinational construction consortium Grupo Unidos por el Canal has failed to p...
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| ILWU plans to walk 'narrow path' in EGT protest |
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Friday, January 13, 2012
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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is preparing for a protest this month when the first ship is expected to call at the EGT grain terminal in Longview, Wash. The union said its members should get jobs at the new EGT terminal and are upset the operator has switched work to a subcontractor that has signed a contract with a rival union, the Operating Engineers. "We believe that at some point this month a vessel will call at...
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| ILA's automation concerns at NJ terminal |
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Monday, January 09, 2012
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Members of the International Longshoremen's Association held a rally outside Global Terminals in Jersey City, N.J. on Friday to express their concerns about the use of automation at the terminal, which is being expanded. Stephen Knott, ILA's general vice president, said the union wants to make sure if the terminal is automated that any jobs are still filled by ILA members. Virgil Maldonado, president of Local 1588, whose members work at the terminal, wo...
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| ILA to rally at Global in Jersey City |
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Friday, January 06, 2012
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The International Longshoremen's Association said it plans to hold a noon rally on Friday at Global Terminals in Jersey City, N.J., to "address growing concerns over terminal management wanting to implement new technology that will reduce ILA employment in the coming years." The ILA said Global plans to introduce new technology as it expands its facility. "New technology must be jointly negotiated and the ILA will continue to fight to keep our jobs...
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| 3 unions ratify rail contracts |
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Friday, January 06, 2012
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Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen, the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have ratified new contracts with the nation's largest freight railroads. The three unions together represent about 33,170 workers. Seven rail unions now have ratified contracts and another five unions have reached tentative agreements that are awaiting member ratification. &nbs...
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| FMC allows chassis pool amendment |
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Friday, December 30, 2011
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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will allow Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM), which manages about 125,000 chassis for about 20 liner companies, to amend an agreement that allows it to work collectively when operating chassis pools. FMC Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky Jr. said he agreed to vote in favor of the changes in the CCM agreement based on the understanding that CCM was "not seeking authority to lease chassis directly to entities who do not co...
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| FedEx, UPS pilots protest FAA fatigue rule |
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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Unions representing pilots flying cargo planes for FedEx and UPS are challenging the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to exclude cargo operations from the final flight and duty time rule issued last week. The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) said it filed last week a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the FAA. "The IPA seeks to have cargo operations included within the scope of the rule bec...
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| NLRB ends case against Boeing |
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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The business community won a major victory Dec. 9 when the National Labor Relations Board decided to withdraw its complaint against Boeing Co. for opening a second production line for its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft in South Carolina, a right-to-work state. The NLRB has become a focal point of industry anger with the Obama administration because Democratic appointees are perceived as making a series of activist pro-labor decisions as a political favor to lab...
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| Occupy Wall Street on West Coast |
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Monday, December 12, 2011
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Protesters in the "Occupy Wall Street" movement have begun a long-planned effort to blockade West Coast ports Monday. Reports were trickling in that protests had begun actions in various ports, but it was not clear demonstrators would actually succeed at their goal of shutting ports down. "All port shipping terminals are open as the Long Beach Police Department responds to demonstrations at the south gate at Pier J," said the Port of Long Beach. Begi...
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| NIT League wants Congress ready to prevent rail strike |
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Monday, November 28, 2011
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The National Industrial Transportation League, the nation's largest shipper group, on Wednesday asked Congress to quickly consider and apply the terms of a recently appointed Presidential Emergency Board on both rail management and labor if the parties fail to reach agreement in the next two weeks. In a letter to all 535 members of the U.S. House and Senate, NITL President and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Carlton said in the event that labor and management cannot reach an...
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| Costly pro-union rulings inundate industry |
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Monday, November 28, 2011
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Our captains of industry are frustrated with the Obama administration’s efforts to rewrite the rules governing labor relations. They disagree not only with the substance of many of the proposals, but also in the blatant attempt to avoid normal procedures and transparent debate. Business groups are rightly upset with several rulings by the National Labor Relations Board that together represent a backdoor attempt to implement "card check" legislation that would mandate unions...
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| Four more rail unions settle, now 60% of workforce |
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Friday, November 18, 2011
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The nation’s major freight railroads reached tentative collective bargaining agreements with four additional unions representing more than 11,000 employees: the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Blacksmiths, Iron Ship Builders, Forgers and Helpers; the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association; the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers; and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen. The railroads now have now a total of 10 agreements covering more than 60...
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| Railroads in tentative deal with another union |
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
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Six down, seven to go. The National Railway Labor Conference said it has reached tentative collective bargaining agreements with four additional unions this week: the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and the Transportation Communications International Union. The deals were struck after a Presidential Emergency Board made settlement recommendations earlier this m...
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| Panama Chamber opens shipowner membership |
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
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The Panama Maritime Chamber said it is opening its membership for the first time in its history to international shipowners with vessels registered in Panama. It said this will make the group "the equivalent of a Panamanian Shipowners’ Association." Jose Digeronimo, chairman of the Panama Maritime Chamber said "there are over 9,000 vessels registered under the Panama flag, and our aim is to involve and help shipowners with representation, information, education, networking,...
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| Study: Great Lakes-Seaway boasts North American jobs |
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation system supports more than 225,000 jobs and generates billions of dollars in income and revenues annually in both the United States and Canada, according to a study released today. The study, “The Economic Impacts of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System 2010,” was commissioned by the maritime industry and government agencies from both countries. It was peer reviewed by both U.S. and Canadian economists. &...
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| ICS: seafarers on piracy “firing line” |
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
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The chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping has made another call for stronger action against pirates. "The world community cannot tolerate the abuse and the killing of seafarers," ICS Chairman Spyros M. Polemis told seafarers and maritime industry professionals, during a speech at the India Shipping Summit in Mumbai Tuesday. "India and its seafarers have truly been in the firing line." Warning that the piracy season was about to begin again with renewed ...
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| Obama’s action averts rail strike |
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Friday, October 07, 2011
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President Obama created a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) on Thursday to investigate a dispute between major U.S. freight railroads and unions that have been unable to sign a new contract. The order prevents a strike which some unions had voted in favor starting at midnight. Eleven unions representing about 92,000 rail workers have failed to agree on a new contract with more than 30 railroads, including the major Class 1 railroads such as Union Pacific, BNSF, CS...
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| Panama Canal pilots affiliate with ILWU |
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Monday, September 19, 2011
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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union said the Panama Canal Pilots Union voted to affiliate with the ILWU earlier this month. The pilots union has about 250 members. “This is an historic agreement that unites workers in different countries with a critical link in the global supply chain,” said ILWU International President Bob McEllrath.
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| Judge cites ILWU for contempt |
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Friday, September 16, 2011
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A federal judge in Tacoma, Wash., on Thursday found the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and two of its locals in contempt of a temporary restraining order it had issued earlier this month. Judge Ronald B. Leighton said he would decide the remedy for the finding at a hearing on Sept. 30. The judge made his finding following demonstrations at the EGT Development grain terminal in Longview grain terminal. On Sept. 7, protesters blocked trains bringing grai...
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| Northwest ports resume normal operations |
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Monday, September 12, 2011
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The ports of Seattle and Tacoma said they resumed normal operations on Friday, following a one-day wildcat strike Thursday by workers sympathetic with International Longshore and Warehouse Union demands that they should be employed at a new grain terminal in the Port of Longview in Washington. Protesters vandalized the EGT terminal early Thursday morning, breaking windows and dumping grain from rail cars. There were wildcat strikes at several ports and t...
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| Wildcat strike shuts down Northwest ports |
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Friday, September 09, 2011
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Wildcat strikes disrupted operations in several ports in the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday and Thursday, sparked by a battle over which workers are entitled to jobs at a new, $200 million EGT grain terminal in the Port of Longview in Washington. Operations on Thursday were disrupted at the ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, Wash. when members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union failed to show up at work. Josh Thomas, a spokesman for the Port of Portland, said on Wednesday there were d...
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| Obama seeks $50 billion for transport infrastructure |
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Friday, September 09, 2011
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President Obama unveiled a $447 billion plan last night to quickly inject money into the economy and create incentives for companies to hire workers, including $50 million to jumpstart surface transportation projects. There is $105 billion total for infrastructure in the jobs legislation proposed by the president, but $45 billion of that amount goes to modernizing schools and rehabilitating vacant property in blighted neighborhoods. The plan also includes $10 million to capital...
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| Wildcat strike shuts down Northwest ports |
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Friday, September 09, 2011
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Wildcat strikes disrupted operations in several ports in the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday and Thursday, sparked by a battle over which workers are entitled to jobs at a new, $200 million EGT grain terminal in the Port of Longview in Washington. Operations on Thursday were disrupted at the ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, Wash. when members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union failed to show up at work. Josh Thomas, a spokesman for the Port of Portland, said...
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