STRIVE FOR INDEPENDENCE

STRIVE FOR INDEPENDENCE

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...

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ILWU CONTRACT EXPIRES

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...

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LET’S TALK

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...

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LABOR NEGOTIATIONS DRAG ON

LABOR NEGOTIATIONS

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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29, 18, 4-14

29, 18, 4-14

Those numbers are not play calls on a football field. They are the number of ships idle in Los Angeles/Long Beach and Oakland as well as the number of days ships are waiting to berth in Oakland, in that order. The...

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COVID & DOCK WORKERS

COVID & DOCK WORKERS

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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PRODUCTIVITY MALAISE

PRODUCTIVITY MALAISE

We are still dealing with labor shortages, closed areas of the yard, chassis shortages, congestion and reduced driver productivity. It offers effective cure for viagra india prices low sperm motility, low semen load,...

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LABOR IS A NO SHOW

LABOR IS A NO SHOW

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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LABOR AT THE READY

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...

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