West Coast Talks Breaking Down PMA Publicizes Offer – Rumors began surfacing this week of a pending port shutdown. On Wednesday, Pacifica Maritime Association (PMA) CEO James McKenna held a press conference to outline their offer to the ILWU. The purposed 5 year...
State of the Port Long Beach – The Port of Long Beach hosted its annual State of the Port event on Thursday. Chief Executive of the Port, Jon Slangerup, focused on current and future development plans including the Middle Harbor Terminal project as well as a new...
Port of Los Angeles Terminals Overwhelmed – The Port of Los Angeles is reporting that 95-97% of available terminal space is being used. Utilization should be less than 80% to avoid delays due to container storage problems. Read more from the JOC McCain Pushes...
Port Contract Negotiations Worsening – Despite a federal mediator joining labor contract negotiations between the terminals operators (PMA) and longshoremen (ILWU) last week, hostility between the parties is increasing. The PMA and ILWU are both publicly...
ILWU, PMA Both Call for Federal Mediator – This week, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) also agreed to the Pacific Maritime Association’s (PMA) call to get federal mediators involved in their contract negotiations. After months without much progress,...
West Coast Labor Negotiations “Far Apart” – This week the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) released a statement dismissing rumors that negotiations with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union were in their final stages. Instead, the PMA said that they...
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