Three-year deal ends strike, ferry service will resume in the days ahead Friday, August 2, 2019 (Anchorage) – Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka and her negotiating team reached a tentative agreement late Thursday night with the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific (IBU) on a new three-year contract. The agreement ends the 9-day strike, […]
(Anchorage)—Due to the ongoing strike by employees represented by the Inlandboatmen’s Union, the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) announces the following cancellations. As of Thursday, future vessel sailings of the Tazlina, Lituya, LeConte, and Aurora are canceled, including Saturday, August 3. The above cancellation schedule takes into consideration where each ship is docked, where […]
JUNEAU – Four-hundred public ferry workers who operate Alaska’s Marine Highway System are providing a “behind-the-scenes” look at the events which led up to a strike that began Wednesday afternoon, July 24. The strike is ongoing, although union officials have made it clear they are ready to talk when a settlement is within reach. […]
Serious legal and financial consequences for shutting down ferry system based on an illegal contract offer (Anchorage) – Alaska Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka is calling on the Inlandboatman’s Union (IBU) to end its strike, return to the negotiating table, and remove the portions of its contract offer that the State believes are […]