Comments on: Early Contract Extension May Happen with Dockworkers at East & Gulf Coast Ports https://www.universalcargo.com/early-contract-extension-may-happen-with-dockworkers-at-east-gulf-coast-ports/ Freight Forwarding Company Tue, 14 Nov 2017 20:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 By: Jared Vineyard https://www.universalcargo.com/early-contract-extension-may-happen-with-dockworkers-at-east-gulf-coast-ports/#comment-178738 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 20:11:09 +0000 https://www.universalcargo.com/?p=8410#comment-178738 In reply to Gary Ferrulli.

You’re right, Gary, that these contracts don’t guarantee labor won’t strike or organize slowdowns, but it does give employers at the ports legal options for dealing with them.

]]> By: Gary Ferrulli https://www.universalcargo.com/early-contract-extension-may-happen-with-dockworkers-at-east-gulf-coast-ports/#comment-178737 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 15:33:58 +0000 https://www.universalcargo.com/?p=8410#comment-178737 Not so fast. The ILWU agreement was reached months ago and they already closed the APL terminal for a couple
of days and threatened others in a dispute involving supervisory personnel. These agreements are as good as
the intentions to improve productivity – there aren’t any provisions for that either. The longshore labor force has
proven many times, they will walk out whenever they feel like it, agreements, contracts etc mean virtually
nothing.

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