AB 5, California's landmark legislation effectively banning independent contractors, may very well go national if President Biden's pick for US Secretary of Labor, Julie Su, is approved by Congress. Ms. Su was the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
At the top of every logistics professional's mind is...what will the International Longshore & Warehouse Union's (ILWU) contract negotiations bring this summer? Slowdowns? Disruptions? Disputes? Surprises?...
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Everyone using a West Coast gateway has been impacted by the shortage of labor and the resulting congestion. The Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex is routinely short 10% of their needed labor force, and Oakland is...
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The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), the labor union representing dockworkers on the US west coast, approved a five-year contract extension last July, stretching their contract out to 2022....
After months of relative peace on the Oakland waterfront, only 10% of the requested jobs were filled by the ILWU workforce on Friday, January 20th, which coincidentally was also inauguration day. The shortage of labor...
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