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Union-boss common front to go to court against NY Waterfront Commission
A MANAGEMENT-UNION common front says it will appeal a lower court ruling that allows the New York Waterfront Commission to interfere with hiring practices agreed to the labour contract.
The International Longshoremen抯 Association (ILA) and the employers' New York Shipping Association (NYSA) and Metropolitan Marine Maintenance Contractors?Association (MMMCA) say the crime-fighting commission is overstepping its authority.
The commission wants more women and black hired, claiming that not enough would be hired under the new contract, a contention accepted by a US District Court last month.
Judge Susan Wigenton wrote in her decision the eradication of racial and gender-based discrimination is a purpose of the compact between New York and New Jersey that created the commission in 1953.
Wikipedia says: "The commission was set up in August 1953 to combat labour racketeering. It is held that the Gambino crime family controlled the New York waterfront and the Genovese crime family controlled the New Jersey side."
Announcing their appeal, the three parties said the commission was overstepping its statutory authority in imposing requirements it believes are needed to ensure hiring is fair and non-discriminatory.
NYSA president John Nardi said the appeal has not yet been filed, but expects it will be by October.
Said ILA president Harold Dagget: 揟he Waterfront Commission has no business interfering in collective bargaining agreements. The ILA will use all legal means to deny the Waterfront Commission from overreaching its statutory authority.?
Said Mr Nardi: 揗ore than 60 per cent of the 423 newly hired individuals are minorities; and 51 per cent of the individuals employed by the industry will be military veterans, with the balance consisting of referrals from NYSA, its employer members, and the ILA.?
This legal action is "not an attempt to institutionalise discrimination through collective bargaining?as the Waterfront Commission has asserted" he said.
"Instead, the action is about curtailing the Waterfront Commission抯 misuse of its limited statutory authority.
"The appeal will seek to resolve the overarching legal issues relating to the extent of the Waterfront Commission抯 statutory authority and whether it is permitted to run roughshod over the industry抯 collective-bargaining rights,?Mr Nardi said.
Said MMMCA president James Mara: "We are troubled by the Waterfront Commission抯 continued interference into our federally protected collective bargaining rights. We believe an appellate court will share our concerns. "
The International Longshoremen抯 Association (ILA) and the employers' New York Shipping Association (NYSA) and Metropolitan Marine Maintenance Contractors?Association (MMMCA) say the crime-fighting commission is overstepping its authority.
The commission wants more women and black hired, claiming that not enough would be hired under the new contract, a contention accepted by a US District Court last month.
Judge Susan Wigenton wrote in her decision the eradication of racial and gender-based discrimination is a purpose of the compact between New York and New Jersey that created the commission in 1953.
Wikipedia says: "The commission was set up in August 1953 to combat labour racketeering. It is held that the Gambino crime family controlled the New York waterfront and the Genovese crime family controlled the New Jersey side."
Announcing their appeal, the three parties said the commission was overstepping its statutory authority in imposing requirements it believes are needed to ensure hiring is fair and non-discriminatory.
NYSA president John Nardi said the appeal has not yet been filed, but expects it will be by October.
Said ILA president Harold Dagget: 揟he Waterfront Commission has no business interfering in collective bargaining agreements. The ILA will use all legal means to deny the Waterfront Commission from overreaching its statutory authority.?
Said Mr Nardi: 揗ore than 60 per cent of the 423 newly hired individuals are minorities; and 51 per cent of the individuals employed by the industry will be military veterans, with the balance consisting of referrals from NYSA, its employer members, and the ILA.?
This legal action is "not an attempt to institutionalise discrimination through collective bargaining?as the Waterfront Commission has asserted" he said.
"Instead, the action is about curtailing the Waterfront Commission抯 misuse of its limited statutory authority.
"The appeal will seek to resolve the overarching legal issues relating to the extent of the Waterfront Commission抯 statutory authority and whether it is permitted to run roughshod over the industry抯 collective-bargaining rights,?Mr Nardi said.
Said MMMCA president James Mara: "We are troubled by the Waterfront Commission抯 continued interference into our federally protected collective bargaining rights. We believe an appellate court will share our concerns. "
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