{"id":3555,"date":"2015-02-16T10:55:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T16:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2015-02-16T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T16:55:58","slug":"obama-sending-labor-secretary-assist-west-coast-port-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/02\/16\/obama-sending-labor-secretary-assist-west-coast-port-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama sending labor secretary to assist West Coast Port Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/white-house-image-free.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3557\" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/white-house-image-free.jpg\" alt=\"white house image- free\" width=\"257\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a>Obama sending labor secretary to assist West Coast Port Negotiations<\/p>\n<p>President Obama is sending U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez to California to meet with ILWU &amp; PMA\u00a0negotiators to help them reach a contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The negotiations over the functioning of the West Coast Ports have been taking place for months with the Administration urging the parties to resolve their differences,&#8221; the White House said in a statement on Saturday. &#8220;Out of concern for the economic consequences of further delay, the President has directed his Secretary of Labor Tom Perez travel to California to meet with the parties to urge them to resolve their dispute quickly at the bargaining table.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The National Retail Federation, which has been urging Mr. Obama to take a more active role in the dispute.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe welcome the administration\u2019s attention,\u201d Jonathan Gold, vice president for supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation, said in an e-mail. \u201cThe slowdowns, congestion and suspensions at the West Coast ports need to end now.\u201d Members of the Washington-based trade group include department stores, grocers and chain restaurants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-02-14\/obama-sends-labor-secretary-to-resolve-west-coast-ports-dispute\">Bloomberg:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bottlenecks are creating headaches for scores of U.S. companies, including McDonald\u2019s Corp., Macy\u2019s Inc., ConAgra Foods Inc. and Levi Strauss &amp; Co. The port congestion could cost retailers as much as $7 billion this year, according to the consulting firm Kurt Salmon.<\/p>\n<p>Honda Motor Co. said Friday that it may halt some U.S. production because of the labor dispute. All West Coast ports are shut down through the Presidents Day holiday on Monday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay-tuned with Superior Freight Services to provide the latest on the West Coast port negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama sending labor secretary to assist West Coast Port Negotiations President Obama is sending U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez to California to meet with ILWU &amp; PMA\u00a0negotiators to help them reach a contract. &#8220;The negotiations over the functioning of the West Coast Ports have been taking place for months with the Administration urging the parties [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3557,"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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Obama sending labor secretary to assist West Coast Port Negotiations - Superior Freight Services Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Obama sending labor secretary to assist West Coast Port Negotiations - President Obama is sending U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez to California to meet with ILWU &amp; 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