![]() ![]() “We aren’t going to settle for an economic package that doesn’t recognize the heroic efforts and personal sacrifices of the ILWU workforce that lifted the shipping industry to record profits,” ILWU President Willie Adams said in the statement. ![]() ![]() Later on Monday much of the work disruption had ended.Īn ILWU representative declined comment Monday, but on Friday the union issued a statement saying that companies represented by PMA made historic profits of $510 billion during the pandemic while ILWU member wages and benefits did not increase in proportion to revenues for the maritime companies. On Monday, PMA said the work slowdowns initially continued, and included union leaders refusing to dispatch workers to marine terminals and making unfounded health and safety claims. PMA also said the union staged similar work actions that shut down or severely affected terminal operations at four other ports: Oakland, Tacoma, Seattle and Hueneme, Calif. The Pacific Maritime Association, an organization representing employers in the labor negotiations with the ILWU, announced Friday that “concerted and disruptive work actions” staged by the ILWU effectively shut down some marine terminal operations at the neighboring Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. The recently recurring port labor trouble stems from negotiations over a labor contract covering 29 West Coast ports since a prior contract with members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 13 expired July 1. “These ships are truly Hawaii’s lifeline,” Chad Buck, founder and CEO of Hawaii Foodservice Alliance LLC, the largest perishable-food distributor in the state, said Saturday in an email. State officials estimate that 80% of all goods consumed in the state are imported, with 98% of that coming by ship. Yet even relatively small disruptions at West Coast ports often can be of large concern for local consumers and business operators, given how reliant residents and companies in Hawaii are on shipping. Work slowdowns at the West Coast ports began Friday and followed cargo handling disruptions during two days in April that delayed cargo loading for a pair of Hawaii-bound Matson and Pasha ships but resulted in no major delays. “The ships are coming in.”īoth Matson and Pasha are monitoring the labor situation for potential continued disruptions. “We’re doing OK right now,” said Emily Sinclair, a Pasha spokesperson. Keoni Wagner, a spokesperson for Matson Inc., said port operations in Long Beach, Calif., and Tacoma, Wash., returned to normal Monday after disruptions over the weekend, and that there was still some slowdown of work in Oakland, Calif., but not to a degree where any other Matson ship schedules are negatively affected.Īt Pasha Hawaii the Horizon Enterprise containership left Long Beach on Saturday with an expected Honolulu arrival today, and the next West Coast port call for the company is Wednesday in Oakland. The only impact for the two biggest ocean cargo carriers serving Hawaii from the mainland appears to be a one-day delay to Thursday for a Matson ship previously scheduled to arrive in Honolulu on Wednesday. Dockworker labor difficulties flared up over the past few days at West Coast ports, but after largely settling down Monday, no major disruptions are expected for Hawaii ocean cargo deliveries. ![]()
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