Jamie said: Theres no sense of the contract, theyre very quiet about it. At 8 a.m. on May 9, 1934, more than 12,000 union . REUTERS/Mike Blake LOS ANGELES, June 14 (Reuters) - The union and employers negotiating the contract for more than 22,000 port laborers on the U.S. West Coast on Tuesday said they are committed. news and opinions delivered straight to your inbox, Start your day with Sunrise, delivered straight to your inbox, Longshore and warehouse union on strike, suspending operations at Delta coal terminal, Employee accused of bilking North Van business by posting refunds to her own credit card, Canadian lawyers accusing Twitter of stifling free speech score first victory in novel lawsuit, UBC regrets handling of Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, as she loses honour at different university, Lisa Marie Presley was spending more than US$92,000 a month before death, Hawaiian fisherman who hooked tuna says 'the fish is huge,' then vanishes overboard. That was down 6.7% from the year earlier due to COVID-related shutdowns in parts of China and moderating demand from U.S. consumers. Longshoremen walked-off early in the morning in hopes of making an incredibly powerful point: they want a labor agreement from the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) that represents the port's cargo ship carriers and terminal operators. Since I started a few years ago, just 1,800 casuals made it to ID status., Asked whether workers have the right to strike despite the union seeking to avert one, Jamie said: If its necessary, I think it should be done. Before this incident took place, Mike told the WSWS, They [the union] have become weaker. Local 1410, which represents around 800 dock workers, has worked without a contract with CSA since 2018, when their last contract expired. 2022 RESOLUTION ILWU Canada Convention Resolution Bulletin - March 9,2022 Read the rest of this entry. The fact that the PMA includes local American terminals and warehousing businesses, too trucking companies and railroads as well. While some of them still do the heavy, physical jobs of traditional shipping, the lion's share of this industry was changed, some seventy years ago, with the advent of containerization and the growth of intermodal transportation. Three contract offers have been voted down by union membership: one presented in 2020, one in spring 2021 and one earlier this fall. As a result, the entire country is on the brink of recession, with empty store shelves and idled assembly lines, because sea freight transit times have grown from 40 to 50 days up to 120 to 160 or more, all because of the bottlenecks at our ports and railyards. The International Longshoremens Association Local 1410 began striking CSA Equipment Companys breakbulk operations at the Port of Mobile Tuesday, less than a month after the two sides agreed to federal mediation. Originally, it would've expired in 2019, but the majority of ballots cast by ILWU members favored the extension in exchange for a wage and pension increase. The current contract expires on July 1, 2022, and is itself the result of a prior three-year extension. What are conditions like at your work place? PUBLISHED: October 29, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. | UPDATED: November 2, 2022 at 8:42 a.m. With the contentious issues of automated cargo handling, wages and benefits, few thought this year's contract. The media blackout on the negotiations between the ILWU and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) has been temporarily lifted, with a joint release saying the talks are continuing and both sides are committed to finding agreement. After all, the two parties involved represent many of the companies and workers that keep West Coast ports running. On Sunday, the union was handing out an information pamphlet to workers who arrived to be part of the picket line. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) employer group have been in negotiations since May. Import volumes at the Port of Los Angeles are easing from the levels seen during the throes of the pandemic, when home-bound shoppers binged on everything from exercise equipment to garden supplies. When a lash job [strapping container to a ship] comes, the good ones know, they have experience. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions. The stock market is down 15% so far this year, inflation is skyrocketing, and energy prices are so high that the unemployed can't afford the commute if they accept a job. In March, four U.S. senators, all Republicans, sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing concerns about the talks, suggesting that a lingering process could impact costs and the nations supply chain. With 29 seaports of various sizes, handling the import and export of everything from bulk materials to automobiles, there is every level of diversity imaginable up and down the coast. June 14, 2022, 12:43 PM UTC Updated on June 14, 2022, 1:27 . The average casual, however, ends up working far less than full time, and because of the uncertain nature of their employment on the docks, they cannot easily pick up second jobs. But most hours are subject to automatic multipliers for different shifts and other factors that quickly add up. The west coast ports have seen an increase of forty to fifty percent (depending on how you count it) in container traffic just these past two years, without substantial expansion in decades. The Philippines' Department of Environment Copyright 2023 The Maritime Executive, LLC. Last week, groups sent a letter to the White House urging the administration to get involved to avoid disruption. Still, they remain about 20% above normal - stoking shipper anxieties that any breakdown in the often-contentious labor talks could spawn work slowdowns, gum up cargo flows and send inflation-fueling transportation costs even higher. In a good year, past port strikes have caused painful supply chain delays lasting six months or more. In 2002, President George W. Bush used the Taft-Hartley Act to end a 10-day employer lockout of workers. Their employers are a similarly mixed bag of organizations the port terminals, the steamship lines, the warehouses and logistics conglomerates that either own their own berths or are contracted by city and state port authorities to operate public berths. He either doesn't understand, or doesn't care, that the steamship lines' costs have skyrocketed because of government port closures due to the COVID lockdowns, completely out of their control. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. They said they do not expect to reach a deal before the high-stakes labor agreement, which covers workers at key ports like Los Angeles and Long Beach, expires on July 1. The union staged nine months of slowdowns during the last contract negotiations. A contract between shipping companies and. by Chris Jennewein May 10, 2022 Container shipping operations at Pier 300 at the Port of Los Angeles. That all depends on whether a new contract can be finalized between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). The nation's supply chain issues have raised enough concerns that the Biden administration has stepped in to assist. The media blackout on the negotiations between the ILWU and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) has been temporarily lifted, with a joint release saying the talks are continuing and both sides are committed to finding agreement. The current contract between the two . But casuals? . Now they hire a guy. Speaking of American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten making $540,000 a year, he commented, And the teachers arent making anything! Now, as the national ILA is set to re-negotiate its master contract with CSAs two parent companies, SSA Marine and Cooper/T. The dockworkers are some of the best-compensated blue-collar workers in American industry. Originally set to end in June 2019, the parties in 2017 agreed to extend the end date to June 2022, after roughly two-thirds of union members voted in favor, avoiding cargo disruptions in . Less-than-truckload rates are rising despite economic headwinds as accessorials, general rate increases, and a trend toward higher freight rate classes support a high pricing floor. The complex notched its third-highest monthly import result in May, processing 499,960 20-foot equivalent units (TEU). Longshore & Shipping News shares excerpts from media sources around the world. The last one, and those of the two other ILWU Locals at the terminal, expired in January 2022. The New York Times published an article Thursday morning, "As Dockworkers Near Contract's End, Many Others Have a Stake," in which it used cherry-picked interviews with a single trucker and. It was a time when longshoremen fought, fell and ultimately triumphed together despite the odds against them. By Peter S. Goodman New York Times, Updated March 28, 2022, 6:07 p.m. And what of the fact that his hateful rhetoric could well cause a deeper recession, sooner, and longer-lasting, than it had to be. Im here every day hoping to get a job., The union is keeping absolute silence about the new contract, which includes provisions affecting casuals, although they have no voting rights. I took the online safety training thing. What do you think dock workers should be fighting for? Unfortunately, in this case, virtually all the problems are caused by the very positions on which this regime is doubling down. Anything that has money has a problem. Bloomberg. The LSPU says the dispute centers around wages, benefits, pensions, union recognition and retention of work practices. On October 20, 2022, a jury in Miami-Dade County, Florida found in favor of NCL (Bahamas) Ltd. against ABB Oy and ABB Ltd, the manufacturer/supplier of Azipods, propulsion and steering systems that allegedly failed on NCL's cruise ships, with compensatory and punitive damages in excess of $150 million. Whatever they decide does affect us and why not make us part of it? The. West Coast longshore, employer contract talks, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), West Coast longshore, employer contract talks hit a snag, impacting LA, Long Beach ports, San Pedros AltaSea unveils wave-energy pilot program, new campus tenant, Construction set to roll this year on San Pedros waterfront, Another longtime San Pedro landmark says farewell as development looms, Port of Long Beach channel deepening project gets final go-ahead, Free coronavirus vaccines for visiting seafarers to end after 2022, Vigil salutes Darnell Calhoun, slain Riverside County sheriffs deputy. A general longshoreman who works at least 2,000 hours makes about $200,000 per year and foremen can earn $300,000. Published Could congestion that plagued West Coast ports in 2021 actually get worse in 2022? The Maritime Executive. Westshores vice-president and general manager, Glenn Dudar, did not reply to Postmedia. No new talks, in fact, had been scheduled for October, though there are hopes they will resume next month, according to a source with ties to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, who requested anonymity because the two negotiating parties have agreed to not publicly discuss the talks. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. The ILWU did not respond to a request for comment. Longshore Union Says Gridlock Thwarts Biden's 24/7 Decree (1) Oct. 26, 2021, 2:30 AM; Updated: Oct. 26, 2021, 2:53 PM. The Maritime Executive. The PCG's Task Force Aduana has detained the geared bulker Van Knight off the coast of Santa Cruz, a port town in the province of Zambales. West Coast Port Strike Would be Devastating. Jan 17, 2023 7:06 PM by Ocean carriers find a way to deploy their expanding fleets, Hapag-CMA deal sees re-emergence of cross-alliance slot chartering, Carriers take short-term rate hit and eye post-CNY demand surge. by Concern over the lingering talks has prompted what Seroka called a huge segment of cargo to head for other ports on the Gulf and East coasts. Training should be done on the dock, not online. On Friday, union membership voted to proceed with the strike at a special meeting. In June, the World Bank cut its global GDP growth projection for 2022 to 2.9 per cent from 4.1 per cent projected in January in response to the supply chain crisis. "We've been faithfully working, even through the pandemic, without any stoppage," said Shanklin. The fact that foolish California restrictions on trucking have been among the main drivers of the port bottlenecks? "We've been trying, since July, to get a contract with the PMA," saidlongshoreman Keith Shanklin. In addition to the 22,000 ILWU members who are divided into A and B classifications based on seniority, a similar number of low-paid casual workers make up the bottom third tier of the workforce on the docks. We dont do it every day. Down here its the real world, the blood is real. In my previous job even as a per diem worker we would still have a voting voice and I dont understand why they dont do it here; they would have the voice of more workers to pass decisions., She described a typical day at the hall. Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited. The action enforces a warrant issued by the Philippine Bureau of Customs for the vessel's seizure and detention in connection with environmental permitting deficiencies related to her cargo. Visitors who do not have a port pass have to scan a drivers licence or other identification in order to get clearance and then reach the picket line, which is set up outside the Westshore Terminals work site. SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 15: An aerial view of shipping containers sitting stacked at the Port of Los Angeles on April 15, 2022 in . Trans-Pac spot rate spread for East, West coasts narrows ahead of Lunar New Year, US shippers still facing LTL rate pressure: Cowen/AFS study, French port group Haropa expands inland river network, RoadOne looks to tap Houston freight growth with deal for Texas drayage carrier, Lack of space costing Zeebrugge new ro/ro clients: port. Some experts have speculated that the ILWA might open the new talks seeking rollbacks on some of its prior automation concessions. Published Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement updated 7/1/2022). The man's sole message should be, "Stay at the table, keep working, absolutely no strike, no stoppage, no slowdown, no matter what for the good of the country!". Two strikers were killed in what would be called "Bloody Thursday." Violent clashes occurred in the major ports up and down the coast, along with one at a public park in Portland that injured four. For decades, the ILWU has made one concession after another on automation, beginning in earnest in 1960 through the Mechanization and Modernization agreement and continued in recent years in 2002, 2008 and 2014-15. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. June 1, 2022. Container ships that contain products such as flat-screen TVs, sneakers, snow shovels and other types of products would all be rerouted or forced to float idle at sea. Click to reveal The ILWU has said it does not plan to strike. The Pacific Maritime Association, representing employers, did not respond to two emails seeking comment. . The pamphlet said that the ILWU Local 502 has worked at Westshore Terminals since the terminal opened in 1970 and in 52 years, the union has never had to strike at Westshore. The strike is the largest work stoppage at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach since a lockout by shipping companies in 2002, which prompted President George W. Bush to intervene with a court injunction to resolve the standoff. The ILWA declined the PWAs recent proposal for the one-year extension citing the important role of collective bargaining to maintain the attractiveness of the profession. As the U.S.'s largest ports in California moved record amounts of cargo amid pandemic-induced supply chain bottlenecks, union dockworkers strengthened their indispensable role in the nation's logistics network. OAKLAND, Calif. - The Port of Oakland faces looming problems amid labor unrest and a sudden work stoppage Wednesday. All rights reserved. U.S. West Coast ports and terminal operators are heading into their first round of contract negotiations in eight years with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. 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