Following threats from the US labor secretary "that they have until Friday to reach a contract or they’ll have to negotiate in Washington D.C.," Dockworkers and their bosses, according to JOC.com, have reached an agreement (despite Reuters reports that no deal was reached last night).
As Reuters reports, no deal was reached last night...
Shipping executives and union leaders for dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports ended a third straight day of contract talks late on Thursday without a settlement, despite arm-twisting from the U.S. labor secretary, but planned to meet again on Friday.
Labor Secretary Tom Perez joined the talks in San Francisco on Tuesday at the behest of President Barack Obama, who has come under growing political pressure to intervene in a dispute that has rippled through the trans-Pacific commercial supply chain and could cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, representing 20,000 dockworkers, has been locked in negotiations for nine months with the bargaining agent for shippers and terminal operators, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA).
Despite threats from the government...
The U.S. Labor Secretary on Thursday told the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association that they have until Friday to reach a contract or they’ll have to negotiate in Washington D.C.
But now, as JOC.com reports,
- *PMA, ILWU SAID TO HAVE REACHED A CONTRACT YDAY: JOC.COM
West Coast dockworkers, employers reached 5-yr agreement last night, JOC.com reports, citing unidentified people familiar with internal reports by a “major forwarder.”
However...
http://t.co/ZMfUomEmmY [5] now hearing conflicting reports on whether ILWU, PMA reached deal last night. Will update as we learn more.
— JOC.com (@JOC_Updates) February 20, 2015 [6]
