A recent surge in imports has led to congestion at major US ports, raising concerns about potential delays and disruptions during the upcoming holiday season.
FILE - Cranes at the Port of New York and New Jersey appear behind the Statue of Liberty, Nov. 20, 2022, in a photo taken from New York. FILE - In this photo provided by the Georgia Ports Authority, a vessel is loaded with containers by several ship to shore crane at the Georgia Ports Authority’s Port of Savannah Garden City Terminal, on Oct. 21, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. FILE - A container ship makes it way toward the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021.
The NLRB request comes just four days before the ILA’s six-year contract with the ports expires, and the union representing 45,000 dockworkers from Maine to Texas says it will go on strike at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.Boeing gives union more time to vote on an offer that’s getting poor reviews from striking workers
The union called the NLRB filing “another publicity stunt” from the alliance and said the foreign-owned shipping companies it represents earn billions of dollars and take the money out of the U.S. The companies, it said in a release, “fail to adequately compensate the ILA longshore workforce for their labor.”
In early bargaining, industry analysts say the union sought 77% pay raises over six years to make up for inflation and give workers a chunk of the billions made by shipping companies since the coronavirus pandemic. “Deceiving the public with misleading calculations is not going to help get an agreement with the ILA,” President Harold Daggett said in the statement issued Monday.
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