Negotiations Continue as Contract Expires Both Sides Pledge No Stoppage in Work Source: The Journal of Commerce July 2, 2014 Update (07/07/14): As of this morning local ILWU organizers were apparently disregarding instructions from their union leaders and distributing flyers in the Long Beach/Los Angeles harbors in hopes of starting an unauthorized protest/picket line. So […]
With less than a week remaining until the current contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) expires, U.S. Customs (CBP) has published interim procedures in the case of a West Coast dock strike. Click here for a link to the CBP whitepaper with detailed information on the […]
As was widely anticipated, trucking delays have been mounting in recent weeks in the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, the nation’s busiest port and gateway to Asia. The delays are largely the result of a scramble to offload vessels and get freight out of the harbor in advance of next week’s July 1st deadline for […]
