Union slowdown causes tension at container terminals
Source: capital press
Mateusz Perkowski
Container terminal operators are accusing longshoremen of slowing down work at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma.
Four months after the expiration of their labor contract, longshoremen and container terminal operators appear to be headed into a dispute over work slowdowns at several West Coast ports.
A previous agreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and a group representing operators, the Pacific Maritime Association, ended in July but longshoremen agreed to continue working while negotiating a new deal.
Now, the terminal operators claim that longshoremen in Seattle and Tacoma have reneged on their promise by slowing container movement at those ports by as much as 60 percent.
FULL story at link.
Associated Press file photo Terminal 18 at the Port of Seattle is shown in this file photo. A slowdown in handling containers at Seattle and Tacoma has observers worried that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the container terminal operators may be headed for a standoff in contract talks.
Read more: http://www.capitalpress.com/Nation_World/Nation/20141103/union-slowdown-causes-tension-at-container-terminals
= new reply since forum marked as read
