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West Coast Port Employer Group PMA and Longshore Union Seek Temporary and Permanent Injunction against Philippines-based ICTSI and Enforcement of the West Coast Collective Bargaining Agreement to get Cargo Moving at Port of Portland’s Terminal 6
PORTLAND, OR (June 14, 2012) — On Wednesday, June 13, the employer group and union that load and unload cargo at all West Coast ports jointly filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against Philippines-based ICTSI, which operates Terminal 6 at the Port of Portland, for violating the longstanding collective bargaining agreement between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), which represents shippers, terminal operators, and stevedores on the West Coast, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU).
ICTSI is a member of the PMA, and is being sued by its own association for its failure to abide by its contractual obligations to workers and the industry. In order to become a PMA member, ICTSI provided written assurances that the company was not bound by any other labor agreements and that it would abide by the requirements of membership.
“Philippines-based ICTSI is failing to follow the contract that establishes...