“We will not tolerate fraudulent use of the benefits in our contract that longshore workers have fought for, and sometimes died for, over the past 90 years,” an ILWU committee member said.
Talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association will take place against the backdrop of pandemic safety issues, surging imports that left backlogs of ships anchored offshore, and declining exports.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) voted to approve a new labor contract with West Coast ports, including the Port of Long Beach (POLB) Friday, the POLB announced today.
Months after port and union contract disagreements caused a massive port slowdown, the Pacific Maritime Association voted to ratify a new contract with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, to run through July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2019, the PMA announced Wednesday.
Following a protest that drew hundreds on Monday, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union were formally asked to step down from their “Battle for OUR Benefits” protest after an arbitrator deemed their leaving of work in violation of their employment contract with the Pacific Maritime Association.
Longshoremen from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) who work for the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) took a day off from working at the Port of Long Beach Monday to protest changes in healthcare processing that they say has left workers and their families with delayed or denied payments.
