Retailers Plea For Deal: US Ports, Union Start Two-Day Talk In Effort To Prevent Disruptive Strike
Retailers Plea For Deal: US Ports, Union Start Two-Day Talk In Effort To Prevent Disruptive Strike
Port employers and the union representing East and Gulf coasts dockworkers begin a two-day meeting in New Jersey to prevent a strike that would disrupt maritime commerce along the entire U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
港口僱主和代表東部和墨西哥灣碼頭工人的工會在新澤西州開始爲期兩天的會議，旨在防止一場可能影響整個美國東海岸海上商業的罷工。
Talks on a labor deal for six of the 10 busiest ports stopped in June when the International Longshoremen's Association called off wage negotiations with the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) that represents ocean carriers and port operators, Bloomberg reported.
美國《彭博社》報道稱，關於10個最繁忙港口六個的勞資協議的談判於6月中止，當時國際長工協會取消了與代表航運商和港口運營商的美國海事聯盟（USMX）的工資談判。
U.S. retailers are once again asking the White House to help about 45,000 dockworkers and 36 ports come to a resolution before a looming Sept. 30 deadline.
美國零售商再次要求白宮幫助約45,000名碼頭工人和36個港口在迫在眉睫的9月30日截止日期前達成解決方案。
"At a time when inflation is on the downward trend, a strike or other disruption would significantly impact retailers, consumers and the economy," National Retail Federation (NRF) CEO Matthew Shay said in a statement on Tuesday.
「在通脹率下降的時候，罷工或其他干擾將對零售商、消費者和經濟產生重大影響，」全國零售聯合會（NRF）首席執行官馬修·謝伊在週二的一份聲明中說。
"The administration needs to offer any and all support to get the parties back to the table to negotiate a new contract."
「政府需要提供任何和所有支持，促使各方回到談判桌前進行新的合同談判。」
The NRF said it led a coalition of 158 state and federal trade associations in June in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging his administration to work with the union and the terminal operators toward ending the deadlock. It also sent a letter to both sides earlier this year asking them to resume labor talks.
NRF表示，今年6月，該組織與158個州際和聯邦貿易協會聯合致函喬·拜登總統，敦促其政府與工會和碼頭運營商合作，結束僵局。此前，NRF也致函雙方，要求恢復勞資談判。
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"The threat of a strike during the peak shipping season has many retailers already implementing costly mitigation," Shay said.
「在航運高峰期威脅下，許多零售商已經實施了昂貴的風險緩解措施，」謝伊說道。
"At a time when inflation is on the downward trend, a strike or other disruption would significantly impact retailers, consumers and the economy."
在通貨膨脹趨勢下行之際，罷工或其他干擾將對零售商、消費者和經濟產生重大影響。
The union is seeking a wage hike of nearly 80% over six years, compared to the 32% pay increase that West Coast dockworkers received last summer after ironing out a labor deal.
工會要求在六年內將工資提高近80%，而去年夏天西海岸碼頭工人在解決勞資協議後獲得32%的加薪。
ILA President Harold Daggett has repeatedly warned of a strike if no deal is reached by the deadline and has opposed using automation at port terminals.
國際長期工人聯合會主席哈羅德·達格特多次警告說，如果在截止日期前未達成協議，將發動罷工，並反對在港口終端使用自動化。
USMX has said they have given an "industry-leading" offer on wages and proposed keeping the language on automation out of the existing contract.
美國港務協會表示，在工資方面已經提出了「行業領先」的報價，並提議將自動化的條款從現有合約中刪除。
Price Action: Major retailers and the exchange-traded funds that hold retail stocks saw losses into Wednesday's mid-morning trading.
價格走勢：主要零售商和持有零售股票的交易所交易基金在週三上午的交易中出現了虧損。
- Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) was down 0.77% to $361.87
- Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) slipped 0.039% to $77.15
- Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) fell 0.12% to $151.62
- SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT) declined 0.89% to $74.37
- VanEck Retail ETF (NASDAQ:RTH) was down 0.51% at $207.58.
- Direxion Daily AMZN Bull 2X Shares (NASDAQ:AMZU) slid 1.42% to $29.25.
- 沃爾瑪公司（紐交所：WMT）下跌0.039%，至77.15美元。
- Home Depot, Inc.（紐交所：HD）下跌0.77%，至361.87美元。
- Target Corporation（紐交所：TGT）下跌0.12%，至151.62美元。
- SPDR S&P 零售ETF（紐交所:XRT）下跌了0.89%，至74.37美元。
- VanEck 零售ETF（納斯達克:RTH）下跌了0.51%，至207.58美元。
- Direxion 每日AMZN牛2倍股票（納斯達克:AMZU）下跌了1.42%，至29.25美元。
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