Snow on the snow! North American port workers strike, the port congestion is further deteriorated
- Author:BESSON
- Release Date:2021-04-17
Foreign media reported that the large number of goods from Asia to the United States caused congestion in the west coast port, and the port that was originally congested may further enable the container supply chain to negatively affected because of this series of strikes.
California truck driver strike
The truck driver of the Los Angeles and Long Beach port represented by the American truck driver union (TEAMSTERS UNION) has begun to take a strike action on the Global Logistics Holding Company (ULH) this week.
According to Teamsters official website, ULH subsidiaries in the port "Illegal dismissal truck drivers, refused to pay the payment of the payment, refused to recognize and worked with legally winning union (driver) bargaining." Drivers in California Compton's ULH Southern Counties Express Trucking Yard Composition a warning line.
This strike is mainly protesting ULH will openly violate the federal labor law. It is understood that ULH is one of the largest cargo companies worth having a value of billions of dollars.
The drivers set up a tangent team to organize an entangled team outside the Southern County Rapid Freight Staff Field, requiring ULH's subsidiary of the law to restore the illegal dismissal of the parcel driver position, respect the rights of the driver into trade union, and sincerely carry out fair contracts Negotiation, stopping the driver mistakenly considers independent contractors.
On March 17 this year, the National Labor Relations Board proposed a complaint for several ULH's subsidiaries and found that more than 20 subsidiaries of the company have seriously violated the Federal Labor Law.
These companies include Southern Count County Express and Universal Intermodal Services.
Montreal port worker strike
According to foreign media reports, the Canadian Public Employees (MEA), and the Maritime Employers Association (MEA), which represent the Montreal Terminal Workers (MEA), have not agreed with labor disputes.
The port worker will turn on the regular wheel work and reject Monday to Friday overtime, and will stop working on weekends. However, the loading and unloading of containers and part of the goods associated with the epidemic.
Since the end of 2018, the port labor contract has been arguing, and last summer, the confrontation upgrade is industrial actions, leading to most of the ports of the port, leading to a serious interruption of the supply chain, and it has been cleaned up for two months.
The Canadian Public Employees Federation said that the strike caused the minimum salary of payment workers due to 11% of the Maritime Employer Association.
The Maritime Employers Association will describe its decision as "cut cost initiative" in a statement.
For the impact of the strike, the Maritime Employer Association said that the strike will lead to a decrease in port operating efficiency, and the loading and unloading of goods will be delayed for about 24 hours.
With the further intensification of labor contradiction, some strikes may be upgraded to a comprehensive strike.
"Some shippers have to transfer their containers to Harry Fixes, which will produce hundreds of thousands of dollars per week." Dennis Darby, Chairman and CEO of the Canadian Manufacturer and Export Association.
Martin Imbleau, CEO of Montreal Port Bureau, said in a statement that the capacity of the harbor is expected to drop by 30% by the strike. Harleyfax Harbor Bureau spokesperson Lane Farguson said: "We have been paying attention to the development of Montreal Port, and preparing for the possibility of strike again."
With the possibility of comprehensive strikes in Montreal Port, the Government of Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister, is facing extremely pressure.
Europe and the United States port congestion continues
Container transportation companies have struggled to struggle from the UK to Singapore. According to the supply chain data provider Project44 data, in Singapore, more than 80 container ships have been waiting in line, and it is expected that congestion and delays will further exacerbate.
In addition, due to the previously occurring Suez canal, nearly 400 ships trapped, many vessels will have densely arrived in Europe, Asia and North America, and is expected to face a short-time local impact.
At the time of the contract, the main port of Europe and North America is still difficult to deal with the severe congestion caused by the red fire in the container market in recent months.
The agency said in a weekly report that "the traffic congestion has no sign of any substantive improvement. The best situation we expect is that the situation of the port congestion has reached a stable high point."
According to the latest data released by Heberrot, the number of queuing ships outside Los Angeles / Long Beach is only slightly reduced, but Auckland's queuing ship is now even more than Los Angeles / Long Beach. East coast looks still, in addition to Savannah, the queue queue in other ports is very slowly reduced.
Herberot is more worrying about multimodal data. "Due to the surge in imports and the driver's severe shortage, some market trucks are severely restricted."
The truck is required to be substantially advanced. For example, Los Angeles Long Beach Port needs 30+ days in advance, Atlanta needs 15+ days in advance, Baltimore needs 12 days in advance, New York takes 12 days, and Norfolk took 14 days, Savannah took 15 days.
According to the shipping consulting firm Duri expects that the problem of port congestion and equipment shortage will harary the entire 2021, and the carrier will also lock the profits of 2022 through the high prices contract signed this year.
California truck driver strike
The truck driver of the Los Angeles and Long Beach port represented by the American truck driver union (TEAMSTERS UNION) has begun to take a strike action on the Global Logistics Holding Company (ULH) this week.
According to Teamsters official website, ULH subsidiaries in the port "Illegal dismissal truck drivers, refused to pay the payment of the payment, refused to recognize and worked with legally winning union (driver) bargaining." Drivers in California Compton's ULH Southern Counties Express Trucking Yard Composition a warning line.
This strike is mainly protesting ULH will openly violate the federal labor law. It is understood that ULH is one of the largest cargo companies worth having a value of billions of dollars.
The drivers set up a tangent team to organize an entangled team outside the Southern County Rapid Freight Staff Field, requiring ULH's subsidiary of the law to restore the illegal dismissal of the parcel driver position, respect the rights of the driver into trade union, and sincerely carry out fair contracts Negotiation, stopping the driver mistakenly considers independent contractors.
On March 17 this year, the National Labor Relations Board proposed a complaint for several ULH's subsidiaries and found that more than 20 subsidiaries of the company have seriously violated the Federal Labor Law.
These companies include Southern Count County Express and Universal Intermodal Services.
Montreal port worker strike
According to foreign media reports, the Canadian Public Employees (MEA), and the Maritime Employers Association (MEA), which represent the Montreal Terminal Workers (MEA), have not agreed with labor disputes.
The port worker will turn on the regular wheel work and reject Monday to Friday overtime, and will stop working on weekends. However, the loading and unloading of containers and part of the goods associated with the epidemic.
Since the end of 2018, the port labor contract has been arguing, and last summer, the confrontation upgrade is industrial actions, leading to most of the ports of the port, leading to a serious interruption of the supply chain, and it has been cleaned up for two months.
The Canadian Public Employees Federation said that the strike caused the minimum salary of payment workers due to 11% of the Maritime Employer Association.
The Maritime Employers Association will describe its decision as "cut cost initiative" in a statement.
For the impact of the strike, the Maritime Employer Association said that the strike will lead to a decrease in port operating efficiency, and the loading and unloading of goods will be delayed for about 24 hours.
With the further intensification of labor contradiction, some strikes may be upgraded to a comprehensive strike.
"Some shippers have to transfer their containers to Harry Fixes, which will produce hundreds of thousands of dollars per week." Dennis Darby, Chairman and CEO of the Canadian Manufacturer and Export Association.
Martin Imbleau, CEO of Montreal Port Bureau, said in a statement that the capacity of the harbor is expected to drop by 30% by the strike. Harleyfax Harbor Bureau spokesperson Lane Farguson said: "We have been paying attention to the development of Montreal Port, and preparing for the possibility of strike again."
With the possibility of comprehensive strikes in Montreal Port, the Government of Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister, is facing extremely pressure.
Europe and the United States port congestion continues
Container transportation companies have struggled to struggle from the UK to Singapore. According to the supply chain data provider Project44 data, in Singapore, more than 80 container ships have been waiting in line, and it is expected that congestion and delays will further exacerbate.
In addition, due to the previously occurring Suez canal, nearly 400 ships trapped, many vessels will have densely arrived in Europe, Asia and North America, and is expected to face a short-time local impact.
At the time of the contract, the main port of Europe and North America is still difficult to deal with the severe congestion caused by the red fire in the container market in recent months.
The agency said in a weekly report that "the traffic congestion has no sign of any substantive improvement. The best situation we expect is that the situation of the port congestion has reached a stable high point."
According to the latest data released by Heberrot, the number of queuing ships outside Los Angeles / Long Beach is only slightly reduced, but Auckland's queuing ship is now even more than Los Angeles / Long Beach. East coast looks still, in addition to Savannah, the queue queue in other ports is very slowly reduced.
Herberot is more worrying about multimodal data. "Due to the surge in imports and the driver's severe shortage, some market trucks are severely restricted."
The truck is required to be substantially advanced. For example, Los Angeles Long Beach Port needs 30+ days in advance, Atlanta needs 15+ days in advance, Baltimore needs 12 days in advance, New York takes 12 days, and Norfolk took 14 days, Savannah took 15 days.
According to the shipping consulting firm Duri expects that the problem of port congestion and equipment shortage will harary the entire 2021, and the carrier will also lock the profits of 2022 through the high prices contract signed this year.