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The Maritime Labor Alliance (MLA), which was formed last year to protect the jurisdictional rights of its members, met in Chicago on July 9 to approve a constitution and set a course for the future. The members of the alliance are MM&P, the American Radio Association (ARA), the Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU), the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA). The constitution states that the MLA unions have joined forces “to promote unity and harmony in various aspects of the industry and maintain industry standards.”
Three members of the MLA–MM&P, the ILA and MEBA —announced on July 16 that they are ending their affiliation with the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department (MTD). They will, however, retain their relationship with the AFL-CIO. ARA, the IBU and the ILWU were not MTD members but released a statement saying they support their MLA partner unions’ decision to withdraw from the MTD.
In an official release to the press, an ILA spokesperson said the union had decided to concentrate its energies on the new alliance “to strengthen the voice of...
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”We see this over and over again –- domestic security organisations such as the Coast Guard, which is funded by taxpayer dollars, used to protect foreign companies to the detriment of the American worker.” — Leal Sundet, ILWU Coast CommitteemanOur earlier stories make it plain that, as an official union dispute, the ILWU is entitled to ask other union members to refuse to work at a strike site, the ILWU says it now is prevented from legal picketing by this new regulation.
Jeff Smith, President of ILWU Local 8, commented:
“The Coast Guard has not offered any justification as to why new zones of these sizes were chosen rather than more narrowly tailored, current zones that tread less upon free speech rights. The proposed zones prevent workers from engaging in meaningful, lawful protest activities by impeding our ability to form effective water pickets and informing crewmembers aboard vessels that they are about to cross fellow workers’ picket lines.”
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DP World has continually ignored and violated the rights of dockworkers around the world.ITF claims DP World is “systematically attempting to undermine the wages and working conditions of workers all over the world by engaging in anti-union behaviour”.
Dubai-based port operator DP World has defended its decision not to negotiate with a workers’ union over the London Gateway.
The world’s third-largest port operator is facing international trade union action after officials from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) representing dock workers voted last week to organise a global campaign to pressure DP World to engage in negotiations over trade union rights in a number of countries.
A global day of action is being organised for September.
ITF claims DP World is “systematically attempting to undermine the wages and working conditions of workers all over the world by engaging in anti-union behaviour”.
“This is not the way we expect, or can allow, an employer to behave in
the 21st century.”
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