The Biden administration is coming under renewed pressure to intervene and resolve labor issues across US west coast ports as industrial action stretches into a fifth day, and the threat of strikes north of the border emerges (source: Splash 247).
READ MORE >The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) staged a ‘hit and miss” series of job actions this morning, June 2, according to a source located at the Port of Los Angeles. This is impacting the Ports of Los Angeles and…
READ MORE >US air cargo forwarder associations have linked up to lobby both the House and Senate to fund much needed improvements to cargo facilities at airports. At last week’s Transport Logistics event in Munich, Airforwarders Association executive director Brandon Fried told The…
READ MORE >Contract talks between unionized longshore workers and employers at West Coast ports appear to be headed into their final stretch following agreements on several major issues. Some shipping officials familiar with the talks hope a tentative agreement could be reached…
READ MORE >Container terminals at the port complex of Los Angeles and Long Beach reopened on Friday evening after a 24-hour work stoppage, but there is still no contract negotiation breakthrough. Hopes of a resolution to the impasse in talks between the…
READ MORE >On March 18, 2023, CBP deployed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Region Alert enhancement to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). A set of FAQs is available to importers and their representatives.
READ MORE >One of the top priorities for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security this year is to add more companies to a sanctions list for using forced labor, a senior DHS official said March 17 (Reuters).
READ MORE >The Union Pacific Corporation has reached an agreement with two of its unions that represent 2,100 hundred rail workers to provide them with multiple days of paid sick leave, a key goal in recent rail labor talks (The Hill).
READ MORE >Freight executives say their customers have told them they plan bigger orders closer to the fall shopping season (source: Wall Street Journal).
READ MORE >The Safer Highways and Increased Performance for Interstate Trucking (SHIP IT) Act would offer truck drivers up to $10,000 in tax credits and training incentives as part of new bipartisan legislation aimed at retaining and recruiting drivers. The SHIP IT…
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