THE International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) are taking a break from negotiations next Monday and Tuesday to allow the ILWU to convene its Longshore Division Caucus in San Francisco.
The announcement comes after several days of on-going talks. Both parties are expected to return to the negotiating table the following day, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
Until a new agreement is reached, they have pledged to keep cargo moving across affected US west coast ports. Talks again will be halted from July 28 to August 1 while the ILWU resumes unrelated contract negotiations in the Pacific northwest.
The previous labour contract covering 20,000 longshore workers at 29 west coast ports expired on July 1.
PORTS
22 July 2014 - 19:17
ILWU dockers, Pacific employers take another break from contract talks
THE International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) are taking a break from negotiations next Monday and Tuesday to allow the ILWU to convene its Longshore Division Caucus in San Francisco.
PORTS
22 July 2014 - 19:17
ILWU dockers, Pacific employers take another break from contract talks
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