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West Coast Ports: PMA Accuses ILWU of Withholding Offer to Rank & File<\/h6>\n

The PMA\u2019s latest offer included a 3% wage increase each year over five years and fully paid health care.<\/p>\n

From JOC<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The PMA has offered a contract that would raise ILWU wages 14 percent over five years on top of what it says is average annual earnings for full-time longshoremen of $147,000. PMA also offered to maintain fully employer-paid health care that costs employers $35,000 per dockworker. The maximum pension would be increased to $88,800 a year. The pay guarantee plan would increase to 40 hours per week. The ILWU would also have jurisdiction over the maintenance and repair of truck chassis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From WSJ<\/a>:<\/p>\n

After offering what it called an \u201call-in\u201d offer to union workers last week, the Pacific Maritime Association said a separate union request to change arbitration-process rules threatens to derail the talks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now it appears that there is the last major obstacle in finalizing a contract settlement is the union demanding that waterfront arbitrators can be fired unilaterally without consent of the other party. The arbitrators are chosen jointly by the ILWU and PMA.<\/p>\n

From JOC:<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe ILWU is essentially \u00a0seeking the right to fire judges who rule against them,\u201d said PMA spokesman Wade Gates.<\/p>\n

The ILWU is not buying this argument. \u201cPMA\u2019s so-called \u2018revelation\u2019 is totally inaccurate, and it is irresponsible for them to make these kind of misleading statements,” said ILWU spokesman Craig Merrilees.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This ILWU spokesman said he couldn’t elaborate.<\/p>\n

During the period 2008-2014, more than 250 labor disputes were resolved using the current arbitrator process\u00a0involving ILWU slowdowns or work stoppages, and the employers won more than\u00a085 percent of the cases.<\/p>\n

Superior Freight will keep you up-to-date on the latest West Coast Port negotiations. If you have questions, please feel free to email superior@supfrt.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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