NYSA Announces Longshore Work Stoppage at NY/NJ Ports
The President of the New York Shipping Association announced on September 28, 2010 that there is currently a work stoppage taking place in the Port of New York and New Jersey. Longshore workers are refusing to cross picket lines established by longshore workers from Philadelphia and perhaps other outside locations who are reportedly protesting certain actions taken by an employer in Philadelphia.
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These actions resulted in work which was performed by ILA members in Philadelphia to be switched to a facility in South Jersey manned by non-ILA workers.