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Longshoremen reach tentative deal at NY, NJ ports
Source: Reuters
Longshoremen reach tentative deal at NY, NJ ports
By Hilary Russ
Thu Mar 7, 2013 6:20pm EST
(Reuters) - Longshoremen in New York and New Jersey, who handle shipments at the largest port on the U.S. East Coast, have reached a tentative six-year labor agreement with the New York Shippers Association, both sides said on Thursday.
The negotiations ended with a deal just before a Friday deadline. A spokesman for the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) confirmed there was a deal with port terminal operators and shippers, but declined to provide details.
Witnesses told Reuters that the mediation appeared tense, with screaming and, at one point, talk of a potential walk-out.
America's ports have been the scene of a series of increasingly heated struggles between port workers and their employers on the East, West and Gulf coasts in recent months centering on pay, workplace efficiency and automation.
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By Hilary Russ
Thu Mar 7, 2013 6:20pm EST
(Reuters) - Longshoremen in New York and New Jersey, who handle shipments at the largest port on the U.S. East Coast, have reached a tentative six-year labor agreement with the New York Shippers Association, both sides said on Thursday.
The negotiations ended with a deal just before a Friday deadline. A spokesman for the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) confirmed there was a deal with port terminal operators and shippers, but declined to provide details.
Witnesses told Reuters that the mediation appeared tense, with screaming and, at one point, talk of a potential walk-out.
America's ports have been the scene of a series of increasingly heated struggles between port workers and their employers on the East, West and Gulf coasts in recent months centering on pay, workplace efficiency and automation.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/07/us-usa-ports-nynj-agreement-idUSBRE9261F120130307
