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STRIKE * USA - LA-LB Port Talks Deteriorate
Union reported standing firm on job assignments as sides prepare for arbitrator hearing
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Jul 8, 2010: -- Negotiations between striking office workers and terminal operators at the Los Angeles-Long Beach ports deteriorated at the end of the first week of the walkout, with the union refusing to budge on its demand that it control the daily assigning of labor... The Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 and the employers’ negotiating team did not meet on Wednesday. Both parties were preparing for a formal hearing Thursday morning into last week’s ruling by an arbitrator that the OCU was not bargaining in good faith... The ILWU international union, which represents dockworkers, hopes to convince the waterfront arbitrator the OCU branch of the union is negotiating in good faith so the dockworkers can honor the OCU picket lines and refuse to handle cargo... Cargo operations at the ports have proceeded during the strike as management employees have taken over the clerical duties that go along with the dockside container handling... (Photo: Los Angeles Port)* Striking LA-LB Port Workers Expand Pickets, Withdraw Offer. Tensions with port employers worsen as walkout enters second week
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Jul 9, 2010: -- Tensions increased in the strike by office clerical workers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports on Friday as the union picketed a third employer and withdrew its previous wage and benefits proposal... Cargo handling at the nation’s largest port complex went on unaffected, however, under a waterfront arbitrator’s order that International Longshore and Warehouse Union dockworkers should not honor the picket lines... The OCU on Thursday began picketing COSCO Agencies (Los Angeles), which performs agency work for China Ocean Shipping Co. The OCU since last week has been picketing Yusen Terminals and the Ports America facilities... Dockworkers briefly honored the picket lines, but the arbitrator, who had already ruled the OCU was not bargaining in good faith, ordered the dockworkers to return to their jobs... The average OCU wage in 2009 was $96,900 and workers receive an additional $66,000 in benefits, according to employers. Employers are offering a $1 per-hour increase and a 10 percent increase in pensions over a six-year contract...
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