{"id":2754,"date":"2014-05-29T14:52:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T19:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2014-05-29T14:52:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T19:52:45","slug":"update-west-coast-portstrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2014\/05\/29\/update-west-coast-portstrike\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on West Coast Port\/Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Potential-West-Coast-Dock-Strike-2a-e1398282406411.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2608\" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Potential-West-Coast-Dock-Strike-2a-300x97.jpg\" alt=\"Potential West Coast Dock Strike-2a\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a>Update on West Coast Port\/Strike<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">As of today, the ILWU and PMA are still in negotiations for their new labor agreement to replace the existing agreement expiring on June 30.\u00a0 The negotiations cover all US West Coast ports (including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma) but not those in Canada or along the US East\/Gulf Coasts.\u00a0 Although some form of slowdown or labor action is expected, upon the opening of negotiations, the PMA and ILWU issued a joint statement that said \u201cboth sides said they expect cargo to keep moving until an agreement is reached.\u201d \u00a0The negotiating parties remain optimistic that cargo will not be affected but US Exporters and Importers seem wary of this optimism and are looking at alternative options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Whether an agreement is reached before the deadline or not is yet to be determined but at this point, what we know is that negotiations are still taking place, but also that the threat of\u00a0West Coast\u00a0operations slowing down or halting is a very real possibility. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Check out the Frequently Asked Question&#8217;s\u00a0from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joc.com\/port-news\/longshoreman-labor\/international-longshore-and-warehouse-union\/us-west-coast-labor-negotiations-frequently-asked-questions\">JOC<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Please do not hesitate to contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:superior@supfrt.com\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">superior@supfrt.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0o<span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">r call 800.298.4305 <\/span>if you any\u00a0questions or concerns regarding the potential strike or slowdown.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update on West Coast Port\/Strike As of today, the ILWU and PMA are still in negotiations for their new labor agreement to replace the existing agreement expiring on June 30.\u00a0 The negotiations cover all US West Coast ports (including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma) but not those in Canada or along the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[7,17,24,3,89,70],"tags":[21,28,110,63,71],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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