This week, negotiations among 22,000 West Coast dockworkers, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) will begin ahead of a July 1 contract expiration date.
through the National Labor Relations Board to acquire the work, a complaint that, in March of this year, ultimately went in the machinists’ favor, with NLRB judge Michael Rosas finding of “ILWU’s failure to establish a union-wide level of skills and training; and IAM mechanics had more experience handling Terminal 5’s cranes,” according to the NLRB board ruling.
That sentiment was echoed in an ILWU open letter, with the caveat it explicitly calls out media interest in showcasing conflict, affirming the union’s interest in good-faith negotiations. “Soon the ILWU will be sitting down with these foreign-owned companies to negotiate its contract. While there has been much speculation in the media as to what these talks will mean to our economy with some headlines expressing an apparent hope of conflict to capture their audience’s attention, I can tell you that the men and women of the ILWU are looking forward to the opportunity to meet with the employers and seek a contract that honors, respects, and protects good American jobs and U.S.
“Successful automated ports show that careful planning and management can surmount these difficulties [of high upfront capital costs associated with automation]: operating expenses could [f]all by 25 to 55 percent and productivity could rise by 10 to 35 percent,” the report continues. “Automation is offering early proof of a win-win strategy: work gains for ILWU members and productivity and efficiency gains that will drive up growth, drive down cargo-handling costs,” write the co-authors.
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