In addition to the traditional collective bargaining issues, employers seek to amend the Canada Labor Code to eliminate the use of a union strike or employer lockout and replace it with a mediation/arbitration process. ILWU...
Read MoreNavy soldiers have been placed at the Port of Callao to unload ships during the dockworkers strike, but have failed to meet the government’s hopes for productivity. 2008 photo of Callao. A strike at Peru’s main port...
Read MoreBy 2014, half the large container ships that dock at the Port of Oakland must shut down their dirty auxiliary diesel engines and plug into clean electrical power. And the port’s $90 million estimate for meeting that state...
Read MoreAfter previously flatly rejecting safety concerns raised by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), the union says Patrick Stevedores has agreed to return to the negotiating table. MUA members at Webb Dock voted to return to work...
Read MorePERU – Less than a year after a state of emergency was declared after eight days of strikes by the stevedores employed at the Port of Callao, we are receiving reports of more problems affecting freight and shipping...
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