23 Feb West Coast Employers, ILWU Reach Contract Agreement
The Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union late Friday reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract covering workers at...
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12 Feb PMA Suspends Vessel Operations Through Holiday Weekend
Container cargo lines and terminal operators suspended premium-pay weekend and holiday vessel operations at 29 West Coast ports from Thursday through Monday to avoid...
12 Feb Imports Rising Even as Threat of West Coast Ports Shutdown Looms
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to rise 10.1 percent this month over the same time last year even...
09 Feb Operations Return to Normal at West Coast Ports
Vessel loading and unloading operations resumed at 29 West Coast seaports Monday after being suspended over the weekend by terminal operators no longer willing to...
27 Jan Media Reports Progress in West Coast Port Talks
The International Longshore (ILWU) and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) have reached a tentative agreement on the maintenance and repair of truck...
12 Jan Federal Mediators Join Stalled PMA-ILWU Contract Talks
Hope that increasingly contentious contract negotiations between the companies and labor union running West Coast ports would not deteriorate into a paralyzing lock out or...
09 Jan J.Crew is accused of cutting corners on new shoe quality – while keeping prices the same
After newsletter subscribers were alerted that the $125 Cece Ballet Flat, which was discontinued in early 2014, had returned last week both in the brand's...
06 Oct Under Armour Plans Distribution Center In Tennessee
Under Armour, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty announced the company's plans to build a new one million square...
04 Sep VF Partners to Provide $10M for Bangladesh Factory Safety Improvements
VF Corporation, the parent of The North Face, Vans and Timberland, announced a collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World...
02 Jul Longshore contract with West Coast ports expires, sides say they will keep talking
Longshore workers at West Coast ports are working without a contract, as the old one expired Tuesday afternoon. Normal operations will continue, the two...