Contract negotiations between the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the employer group Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) have been underway since May 10, 2022, and the union has been operating...
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NEGOTIATION PROGRESS
Recently the ILWU announced they reached an agreement on "certain key issues." While the details were not released, it has been widely reported the agreement centers around the hiring of an additional top pick operator...
DRAGGING ON
As the contract negotiations between the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the employer group, Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), drag on into their eleventh month, the supply chain is losing...
WHEN IS SOON TOO LATE?
Last week, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the employer group Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) issued a joint statement on the status of the contract negotiations saying both sides...
DEAL OR NO DEAL?
There remains no contract deal on the West Coast between the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and employer group Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). We are into our eighth month of being without a...
STILL NO DEAL WITH THE ILWU
We are hoping for a Christmas miracle as the negotiations drag on between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). Since the contract expired on June 30th, we...
LABOR NEGOTIATIONS DRAG ON
It has been a fun week in Oakland. Wednesday morning November 2nd, Local 34 (clerks) picketed outside the terminal gates. Local 10 (crane operators) did not cross the line and eventually went home. The pickets started...
NEWS ON LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
Since negotiations began in late May, there has been relative silence and peace on the subject of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union's (ILWU) contract negotiations with the employer group Pacific...
NEGOTIATIONS
Positive news on labor negotiations front. Last week the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) announced they had reached a tentative agreement on health...
ILWU CONTRACT EXPIRES
Speaking of the ILWU, the contract expired last night. As expected, the two sides have not reached an agreement and are still negotiating. While the World Socialist Web Site demands rank and file ILWU members call for...
LET’S TALK
The International Longshore Workers Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) began contract negotiations on May 10th. The current contract covering waterfront labor on the entire US west coastwill expire...
ILWU STRATEGIZES
The labor contract governing port operations on the entire west coast is set to expire on July 1, 2022. Early last month, the ILWU met to discuss their strategy for negotiations. Automation is expected to be the main...