West Coast Port Labor Negotiations Take a Short Break

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association are taking a 72-hour break from negotiations on a new labor contract for West Coast ports, they said in a joint release issued July 7. The hiatus will allow the ILWU to divert its attention to an unrelated negotiation in the Pacific Northwest, said the statement. During the break, from 8 a.m. on July 8 through 8 a.m. on Friday, July 11, the ILWU and the PMA are extending the previous six-year contract, which expired July 1, they said.