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El IDC (Consejo Internacional de Trabajadores) es una asociación formada por organizaciones de trabajadores portuarios de todo el mundo. [This Spanish article is based on a news release that can also be read in English.] La ILWU, sindicato afiliado a IDC y que representa a 25.000 trabajadores portuarios en la Costa Oeste de Estados [...] Los trabajadores portuarios de SINTRAJAP “Los estadounidenses quieren creer que Costa Rica es un paraíso,” dijo Robert McEllrath, Presidente Internacional de ILWU. “Pero Costa Rica se está transformando en un país en el que la policía rompe ventanas y puertas en los locales donde los trabajadores realizan asambleas pacíficas, en el que el gobierno hace [...] Reclaman supuestas violaciones a TLC Un reclamo por “graves violaciones” a leyes laborales presentó un sindicato de estibadores de EE. UU. contra el Estado de Costa Rica, en el marco del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con aquel país. La gestión se hizo el 20 de julio en representación de Sintrajap (Sindicato de Trabajadores de Japdeva), la [...] The International Longshore and Warehouse Union filed a formal complaint against the government of Costa Rica under the Central American Free Trade Agreement, charging that Costa Rica is not enforcing its own labor laws. The ILWU charges that the Costa Rican government has removed democratically-elected union leaders and replaced them with a government-backed, employer-run board of [...] The Montreal Port Authority said its grain terminal can receive and ship cargo after it obtained a court injunction to allow access to the port, according to a statement issued today. The MPA, which operates its own grain terminal, also said rail traffic has resumed. The Maritime Employers Association this week imposed a lockout on about 850 [...] PARA DIFUSIÓN INMEDIATA: 21 de julio de 2010 La Fuerza Pública se ve armada fuera de la oficina de SINTRAJAP en mayo. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – El sindicato que representa a 25,000 trabajadores portuarios del Litoral del Pacífico de EE.UU. ha presentado formalmente una reclamación contra el gobierno de Costa Rica [...] Port of Montreal The impact of a lockout that has shut down most activity at the Port of Montreal is already being felt by businesses dealing directly with the facility, while others, such as retailers, say they can hold out for now. It was the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) that locked out about 850 dock workers [...] Office clerical workers and waterfront employers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said they would resume contract negotiations Wednesday. The talks between the Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 were suspended for two days because Stephen Berry, the attorney representing 14 shipping lines and marine terminals, had to [...] Peru Congressman Luis Negreiros (center), a lifelong longshore worker, with ILWU Coast Committeemen Leal Sundet and Ray Ortiz, Jr. Coast Committeemen Ray Ortiz, Jr. and Leal Sundet recently met with Peruvian Congressman and lifelong dockworker Luis Negreiros to discuss the ongoing attack on longshore union rights in Peru. Ortiz, Sundet and Negreiros had frank discussions [...] Some 20,000 tons of trash has piled up at Campbell Industrial Park since Hawaiian Waste Systems was awarded the contract in September to begin shipping Oahu’s trash to the mainland [Port of Longview, WA]. As the delays dragged on, Hawaiian Waste Systems had been cited by the Health Department for storing 20,000 tons of trash in [...] Click on the image to read the full article on safety concerns at the Maritime Union of Australia's web site. Work at all P&O Automotive and General Stevedoring (POAGS) wharves shut down in all 15 Australian ports for 24 hours after a 41-year-old Melbourne waterside worker was crushed to death during pick up and delivery [...] The Westwood Columbia, photographed in front of Mt. Fuji in Japan, is named for the Columbia River. The Westwood Shipping Lines service will carry between 220 and 240 containers per month under a six month contract with an option to extend for an additional year. If it proves successful, Port officials say the service could [...] Clerical workers who struck the nation’s busiest port complex for 11 days returned to work Monday after arbitrators’ rulings said their union was negotiating in bad faith with shipping companies. The rulings “made it impossible” for the more than 10,000 longshoremen at the ports to respect the picket lines, ILWU spokesman Craig Merrilees said. Managers handled [...] The strike by Port of Los Angeles clerical workers has prompted concern among experts that the ripple effects could affect the Inland Empire, where many businesses are dependent on the flow of goods from the L.A. and Long Beach ports. Target Logistics, Kohl’s Logistics, Big 5 Distribution, Home Depot Logistics, Kmart Distribution, among many others, are [...] Five challenges for JaxPort The drive to make Jacksonville one of the East Coast’s top-tier ports could be knocked off course by a number issues. Waterway currents: The biggest ships face restrictions on when they can enter Jacksonville harbor because of strong currents at the Intracoastal Waterway. A fix will cost $60 million. Hanjin on hold: Plans for [...] |
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