West Coast Ports, Labor Reach Agreement on Key Issue

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association have reached a tentative agreement on chassis maintenance and repair, a major roadblock in West Coast port labor negotiations, according to a Jan. 27 press release from the American Association of Port Authorities (here). Since ocean carriers had stopped providing chassis, the ILWU had “long desired” the jobs associated with chassis maintenance and repair, according to a report from the Long Beach Press-Telegram (here).