LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, January 9, 2025
Top Stories: NO PORT STRIKE as ILA USMA reach TA; SEIU rejoins AFL-CIO 20 years after breakup; Teamsters blast Ford after car-hauler cancelation & dozens more articles
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US longshoremen and ports reach tentative contract deal, averting strike
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the U.S. Maritime Alliance have reached a tentative six-year contract agreement, averting a strike that could have disrupted East and Gulf coast ports. The deal was announced Wednesday, just one week before the Jan. 15 deadline.
Union boss credits Trump for helping reach deal to avoid another port strike
FLASHBACK: Trump Throws Support Behind Longshoremen's Union In Port Automation Dispute
SEIU Rejoins AFL-CIO After Splitting Off 20 Years Ago
The reunion between the Service Employees International Union and the leading labor federation comes at a critical moment for the U.S. labor movement.
Ford terminates contract with car hauler Jack Cooper, angering Teamsters
Ford Motor Co. is ending its decadeslong contract with car hauling company Jack Cooper, a move that has enraged the Teamsters union — which indicated it will fight for the 1,400 union jobs at the hauling company — and created what its CEO told the Detroit Free Press is an "existential crisis" endangering the future of the hauling company.
