Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach back to normal operations today after last week's labor shortages
being effectively shut down.
The shippers industry group, Pacific Maritime Association, said the shutdowns were linked to work actions by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, saying ports at Oakland, Tacoma, Seattle and Hueneme were also impacted. Shippers and the union have been negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement which would cover more than 22,000 longshore workers at 29 U.S. West Coast ports. Their previous agreement expired on July 1, 2022.Willie Adams, president of ILWU, said last week in a statement the two parties are working hard to reach an agreement.
"We aren't going to settle for an economic package that doesn't recognize the heroic efforts and personal sacrifices of the ILWU workforce that lifted the shipping industry to record profits,'' Adams said. Similarly, the ports effectively shut down for two days in April because of work shortages. But the union claimed it was the result of workers taking time off for religious holidays and for attending a union meeting.
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