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The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) urged its members not to stage any strikes, as the union intends to seek an emergency meeting with members of the U.S. Congress. Last week, the association called for a one-day shutdown of U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports to protest over job losses....

International Longshoremen’s Association locals along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are calling for a shutdown of ports and a march on Washington next week. ILA, which represents labour for port terminals from Portland, Maine, to Galveston, Texas, said it anticipates the Washington protest bringing “much of America’s port economy...

Spanish port workers have called off planned strike action that was set for later this month, Reuters reports. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) had said that, in response to Spanish government plans to reform the country’s port system, Spain’s trade unions were set to strike on February 20, 22,...

All major Spanish ports will face several days of major disruption, from February 20 to February 24, as the country’s dockers take strike action in response to government plans to issue a decree dismantling existing dock labour legislation.   Shipping companies are already reported to be making plans to divert...

Unionized pilots at Korean Air Lines are on strike. The pilots entered the strike, set to last for 10 days, after nearly a year of wage negotiations with the management broke down. Over the next 10 days, the strike is expected to lead to the cancellation of as many as...

Customs officers in the Brazilian port of Santos have struck for two days straight, testing the mettle of the new President, who has vowed that the government would not pay striking workers for time spent off the job. The cumulative effects of the strikes have caused steady delays at Santos,...

The Port of Wellington has been closed for a number of days following a destructive earthquake which rocked the South Island of New Zealand. The earthquake, measuring a magnitude of 7.5, struck the upper South Island of New Zealand at midnight local time on 14 November. It caused infrastructural damage...

Representatives from the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), met Tuesday in San Francisco and discussed a possible extension of their current contract, which covers 20,000 members of the ILWU Longshore Division who work at 29 West Coast ports. The current contract runs through...

Miami International Airport has received government approval to be designated as a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) magnet site, allowing manufacturers to lease available property space and have tariffs deferred, reduced or eliminated. The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners approved the application to the US Department of Commerce, expanding Miami-Dade County’s...