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West Coast Dockers Will Win
While many shippers are concerned that a deal between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union may not be be signed by the July 1 deadline, industry analysts tell us that a new contract is a foregone conclusion.
"A reprise of the deadlock six years ago is not going to happen," says one insider, "Labor has management over a barrel. Shippers can't send all of their cargo through the Suez, as the U.S. East Coast ports are already maxed out."
The current waterfront contract covers 26,000 ILWU-represented longshore workers at 29 West Coast ports in California , Oregon, and Washington. The union is likely to wait until the 11th hour to sign an agreement, but you can bet they will prevail when all is said and done.
West Coast Dockers Will Win
June 11, 2008
While many shippers are concerned that a deal between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union may not be be signed by the July 1 deadline, industry analysts tell us that a new contract is a foregone conclusion."A reprise of the deadlock six years ago is not going to happen," says one insider, "Labor has management over a barrel. Shippers can't send all of their cargo through the Suez, as the U.S. East Coast ports are already maxed out."
The current waterfront contract covers 26,000 ILWU-represented longshore workers at 29 West Coast ports in California , Oregon, and Washington. The union is likely to wait until the 11th hour to sign an agreement, but you can bet they will prevail when all is said and done.
Posted by Patrick Burnson on June 11, 2008 | Comments (0)
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