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US EAST COAST DOCKWORKER UNION PRESIDENT VOWS TO ‘HIT THE STREETS’ ON OCTOBER 1  The union threatening to go on strike at ports along the US east and Gulf coasts from October 1 has come out with a renewed tough stance over wage negotiations as the clock ticks down to what could be a massive …

PORTLAND TERMINAL 6 AID ‘URGENTLY’ NEEDED, REPORT SAYS   A maritime shipping coalition led by the Port of Portland is asking the state for money to keep Oregon’s only  international container terminal running while it searches for a private operator for the money-losing facility. Calling container shipping through Terminal 6 “essential” to state businesses, the port …

OTTAWA MOVES FAST TO END CANADIAN RAIL SHUTDOWN   The Canadian rail strike ended yesterday some 18 hours after it started as authorities moved rapidly to avert an  economic disaster. Canada’s two biggest railways shut down yesterday after a midnight deadline passed without an agreement overpay conditions. The stoppage of work by 9,300 engineers, conductors and …

TMF at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to  Increase 6.0% on September 1, 2024  The West Coast MTO Agreement (WCMTOA) today announced that on September 1, 2024, the TraƯic Mitigation  Fee (TMF) at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will increase by 6%. The adjustment matches the  increase in longshore wage …

CANADA’S TWO LARGEST RAILWAYS SHUT DOWN   Canada’s two biggest railways have shut down after a midnight deadline passed without an agreement overpay  conditions. The stoppage of work by 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers at Canadian National Railway Co (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) marks the first-ever simultaneous shutdown at the country’s main …

POSSIBLE U.S. PORT STRIKE COULD BACK UP GOODS FOR MONTHS   The ILA union issued a newsletter recently focused solely on showing pictures from past strikes accompanied by the text: “The last coast wide strike of the International Longshoremen’s Association took place in 1977. Please take a moment to look through all the photographs displaying all …