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ILWU Canada President Mark Gordienko
BC Shipping News published a lengthy interview with Mark Gordienko, president of ILWU Canada. Excerpts:
ILWU Canada: Backbone of the waterfront
For Mark Gordienko, who assumed the role of President of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada in March 2012 following the 16-year tenure of Tom Dufresne, the responsibility of representing over 3,000 longshoremen and marine industry workers on Canada’s West Coast is not one he takes lightly. Recognizing the importance of his role, and even more so, the importance of the role ILWU Canada plays on the waterfront, Mark relies on his 40-plus years of experience on British Columbia docks to ensure the Union stays strong and effective.
BCSN: What are some of the issues of common concern [with the ILWU in the United States?]
MG: Policy, research and education, administration practices — these are just a few of the topics discussed at the international level. It’s also a platform for workers along the entire West Coast, including Hawaii and Alaska, to support each other. For example, if we’re on strike, they’ll support us; if they’re on strike, we’ll support...
In March, ILWU delegates stood in solidarity with the Maritime Union of New Zealand against outsourcing and anti-union tactics employed by POAL. Pictured: MUNZ officers Joe Fleetwood and Garry Parsloe, with ILWU International Vice President-Mainland Ray Familathe in the center.
ITF comment on Ports of Auckland, New Zealand:
In the wake of initial signs of positive movement in the struggle by the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) to gain a fair and just contract with the Ports of Auckland Limited, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) are monitoring developments to decide how to continue their support of the struggle.
On 31st January, MUNZ reacted with guarded optimism to a POAL statement that the employer is willing to compromise, on the basis of the recommendations of a facilitator, to reach a settlement of a collective agreement at the port.
MUNZ national president Garry Parsloe said the union considers the recommendations as a whole to be a useful basis to enter into what it hopes will be a successful round of negotiations with POAL, as is recommended by the facilitator, to reach a...
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service’s announcement on the tentative ILA-USMX master agreement is available in pdf format on ILA’s web site and below:
Update on United States Maritime Alliance And International Longshoremen’s Association Labor Negotiations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director George H. Cohen issued the following statement today on the labor negotiations between the United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association:
“I am extremely pleased to announce that the parties have reached a tentative agreement for a comprehensive successor Master Agreement. The tentative agreement is subject to the ratification procedures of both parties and, as well, to agreements being achieved in a number of local union negotiations. Those local negotiations are ongoing and will continue without interruption to any port operation. Out of respect for the parties’ ratification processes, and consistent with the Agency’s long-standing confidentiality policy, we will not disclose any details concerning the substantive provisions that have been reached.”
“However, as the negotiations have...
Emma Maersk, one of the world’s largest container ships that found itself in trouble in Egyptian territorial waters, has been safely tugged to berth Saturday in Port Said East Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT), the Danish owned company has stated.
According to a Maersk statement, the 397-metre long vessel cancelled its southbound voyage through the Suez Canal en route to Asia after facing mechanical problems.
“She (the ship) is now alongside quay being discharged. Crew is safe. Situation is under control,” said the Facebook page of Maersk.
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