[Leer en español] The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today branded moves by the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) an open attack on trade unions which is in clear breach of the country’s international commitments....
Read MoreTorben Seebold, on behalf of ver.di, United Services Trade Union in Germany and the Maritime Coordinator for ITF Germany, wrote to the Pacific Maritime Association pledging solidarity with the ILWU. “Like the ILWU and ITF,...
Read MoreFrom the Journal of Commerce: U.S. Federal Maritime Commission staff is looking into ocean carriers’ renewed plans to implement West Coast port congestion surcharges, FMC Chairman Mario Cordero said [Friday]. The questions are...
Read MoreIn a letter to PMA President and CEO Jim McKenna, our brother Terje Samuelsen, Chair of the Dockers’ Section of the ETF wrote: I am writing to you as the Chair of the Dockers’ Section of the European Transport Workers’...
Read MoreIn an article called ”West Coast shippers accuse dockworkers of slowing talks,” Bloomberg reports: West Coast shippers embroiled in contract negotiations with dockworkers accused the longshoremen of delaying “big...
Read More