Dock Workers Open Early Negotiations In Effort To Avoid Repeat of 2002 Lockout - 03/18/08
17th March 2008
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Loading ...Dockworkers and shipping line representatives have begun early contract negotiations in hopes to avoid a sequel to the crippling 2002 port lockout. Jesse Russell reports:
Negotiations on a contract that expires on July 1 have already begun between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association. The union represents nearly 15,000 West Coast dock workers and the Association represents the 72 shipping companies that use the 29 ports stretching from San Diego to upstate Washington. The two sides agreed to early negotiations in an attempt to avoid a repeat of the 2002 lockouts that crippled U.S.