Statement by FMCS Director George H. Cohen on East Coast Ports Labor Negotiations Release Date: 9/20/2012  WASHINGTON, D.C. — “I am pleased to announce that at the close of today’s productive negotiation session, in which progress was made on several important subjects, the part

COUNTDOWN to CRISIS in ILA PORTS Shippers are paying the price now to avoid costly delays that could come with an ILA strike or lockout International Longshoremen’s Association and management negotiators are running out of time to avert a threatened Maine-to-Texas dock strike th

Dear Importers, As some of you may already know, there is a possibility of a work stoppage strike along the East Coast ports starting September 30, 2012. If the strike occurs, it will create extreme difficulties and disruptions in moving freight through these ports. The strike also ha

Battlelines harden as USMX and ILA resume war of public letters A CRIPPLING waterfront strike at 14 major ports along the US east and Gulf coasts appears even likelier after employer body the US Maritime Alliance said yesterday that “it is not in a position” to present the final contr