After the protracted and disruptive labor negotiations on the west coast, is it wrong, as a west coast centric carrier, to get a small amount of satisfaction knowing we are not alone when International Longshore...
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LABOR AT THE READY
All summer we suffered through the consequences of labor shortages in Oakland. We do not need to recap those issues again, but we do want to highlight change is on the horizon.viagra online buy downtownsault.org This...
100 LONGSHORE WORKERS ADDED
It has been a difficult summer. The on-going labor shortages in Oakland have negatively affected terminal operations and, therefore, driver productivity. However, hope is on the horizon. The Pacific Maritime...
INDUSTRY PETITIONS FMC TO REVIEW CHASSIS INSPECTION PROGRAM
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) have sent letters to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) seeking their intervention to end mandatory chassis...
ILWU RESPONDS TO PMA STATEMENT
MESSAGE TO THE RANK AND FILE FROM [ILWU] INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT ROBERT "BIG BOB" MCELLRATH: " The Coast negotiating team continues to meet in an effort to reach a fair contract that provides security for its rank and...
PMA MAKES A STATEMENT
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) issued the above statement today regarding the status of their contract negotiations with International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU). As we know and have been suffering...
CHASSIS AGREEMENT ON THE WATERFRONT
After months of bickering across the table and in the press, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) have announced they have reached a tentative agreement on...
DAMAGED GOODS
The unresolved contract between the ILWU and PMA has resulted in not only damage to the psyche of the West Coast shipper but also to the businesses and products shipped. Even before the labor negotiations soured,...
FINALLY…A JOINT CALL FOR MEDIATION
After a long holiday break in negotiations, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) returned to the bargaining table yesterday afternoon. The two sides were...
CONGESTION!
We certainly wish it was the kind of congestion that could be easily relieved with Mucinex or Sudafed, but alas, we are talking about the kind of congestion which creates long truck queues, delayed vessels and missed...
ILWU CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS SOUR
The contract negotiations between the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) are not going well. On November 20th, the ILWU put the negotiations on hiatus until...
ILWU NEGOTIATIONS
The gag order is still in effect on the ILWU/PMA contract negotiations covering West Coast dock workers. The only thing we know for sure is they have reached a tentative agreement on healthcare benefits. The assumption...