{"id":110475,"date":"2024-10-05T00:01:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T17:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110475"},"modified":"2024-10-05T00:01:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T17:01:53","slug":"dockworkers-union-suspends-strike-until-jan-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110475","title":{"rendered":"Dockworkers&#8217; union suspends strike until Jan. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/longshoremen-strike-holidays-shortages-inflation-c195bedec63d41afcec3c942ebb27e93\">shortages and higher prices<\/a><\/span> if it had dragged on.<\/p>\n<p>The International Longshoremen\u2019s Association is suspending its three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shipping companies, said in a joint statement that they have reached a tentative agreement on wages.<\/p>\n<p>A person briefed on the agreement said the ports sweetened their wage offer from about 50% over six years to 62%. The person didn\u2019t want to be identified because the agreement is tentative. Any wage increase would have to be approved by union members as part of the ratification of a final contract.<\/p>\n<p>Talks now turn to the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/longshoremen-dockworkers-strike-union-automation-4707b764692f6061cd5948d3c73b3c53\">automation of ports<\/a><\/span>, which the unions says will lead to fewer jobs, and other sticking points. <\/p>\n<p>Industry analysts have said that for every day of a port strike it takes four to six days to recover. But they said a short strike of a few days probably wouldn\u2019t gum up the supply chain too badly.<\/p>\n<p>The settlement pushes the strike and any potential shortages past the November presidential election, eliminating a potential liability for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee. It\u2019s also a big plus for the Biden-Harris administration, which has billed itself as the most union-friendly in American history. Shortages could have driven up prices and reignited inflation.<\/p>\n<p>The union went on strike early Tuesday after its contract expired in a dispute over pay and the automation of tasks at 36 ports stretching from Maine to Texas. The strike came at the peak of the holiday season at the ports, which handle about half the cargo from ships coming into and out of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Most retailers had stocked up or shipped items early in anticipation of the strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the grace of God, and the goodwill of neighbors, it\u2019s gonna hold,\u201d President Joe Biden told reporters Thursday night after the agreement. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement later, Biden applauded both sides \u201cfor acting patriotically to reopen our ports and ensure the availability of critical supplies for Hurricane Helene recovery and rebuilding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden said that collective bargaining is \u201ccritical to building a stronger economy from the middle out and the bottom up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The union\u2019s membership won\u2019t need to vote on the temporary suspension of the strike. Until Jan. 15, the workers will be covered under the old contract, which expired on Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<p>The union had been demanding a 77% raise over six years, plus a complete ban on the use of automation at the ports, which members see as a threat to their jobs. Both sides also have been apart on the issues of pension contributions and the distribution of royalties paid on containers that are moved by workers.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Kohler, who teaches labor and employment law at Boston College, said the agreement to halt the strike means that the two sides are close to a final deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure that if they weren\u2019t going anywhere they wouldn\u2019t have suspended (the strike),\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019ve got wages. They\u2019ll work out the language on automation, and I\u2019m sure that what this really means is it gives the parties time to sit down and get exactly the language they can both live with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ILA President Harold Daggett has been seeking an outright ban on anything that would cost human jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Though automation typically eliminates some jobs, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ai-jobs-artificial-intelligence-hiring-employers-unemployment-e57eb040009d77ddcce1574d1c1915fc\">it also tends to create new ones<\/a><\/span>, in part because equipment must be maintained and set up for different tasks, said Thomas Kochan, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u2019s Institute for Work and Employment Research. The companies could agree to include such jobs in the union membership.<\/p>\n<p>Shipping companies, he said, want more flexibility to automate at a faster pace, while workers want stronger job security language. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the wage settlement will stick, and they\u2019ll hopefully find language to allow automation to move forward but protect people most at risk from displacement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shippers, and the ILA likely are talking about how to protect jobs, yet share in productivity gains from automation, Kochan said. Such gains would help ports compete against more efficient facilities that use more automation that will be built in Mexico or even Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Workers, Kochan said, have legitimate fears about jobs being displaced by automation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are ways to address those fears both by providing job security for those people who are displaced and also the ability then to take on the new jobs that are created,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s the sweet spot that I suspect they are trying to find in these final negotiations over automation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just before the strike had begun, the Maritime Alliance said both sides had moved off their original wage offers, a tentative <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dockworkers-strike-ports-ila-longshoremen-91703e4798dbc9ee82185e983f31a3f6\">sign of progress<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s deal came after Biden administration officials met with foreign-owned shipping companies before dawn on Zoom, according to a person briefed on the day\u2019s events who asked not to be identified because the talks were private. The White House wanted to increase pressure to settle, emphasizing the responsibility to reopen the ports to help with recovery from Hurricane Helene, the person said. <\/p>\n<p>Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su told them she could get the union to the bargaining table to extend the contract if the carriers made a higher wage offer. Chief of Staff Jeff Zients told the carriers they had to make an offer by the end of the day so a manmade strike wouldn\u2019t worsen a natural disaster, the person said. <\/p>\n<p>By midday the Maritime Alliance members agreed to a large increase, bringing about the agreement, according to the person.<\/p>\n<h2>____<\/h2>\n<p>AP Writers Darlene Superville and Josh Boak in Washington and Annie Mulligan in Houston contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/longshoremen-strike-ports-dockworkers-agreement-ila-f136bdcd52738e94f2938aaa79a1fa2a\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110475\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}