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In what is probably the most significant development to emerge from more than two years of negotiation between office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach, the parties issued a statement Thursday indicating they wish to avoid a strike or lockout.
John Fageaux, lead negotiator for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit, and Stephen Berry, lead negotiator for the 14 shipping lines and terminal operators, issued a joint statement.
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The National Industrial Transportation urged Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to encourage the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance to resume talks on an East and Gulf Coast port labor contract.
The NIT League requested LaHood’s help “in strongly encouraging the two sides to get back to the bargaining table. Only as a last resort should other measures be considered to head off a port work stoppage.”
More in the Journal of Commerce
'The L.A. and Long Beach ports have diverged significantly this year as the Los Angeles port has posted growth in most months while Long Beach has faltered. Port officials there say the uneven economic recovery has pushed more ocean shipments to bigger players that operate at the Los Angeles port, while smaller carriers that call at Long Beach have cut ship calls.' -- LA Business Journal
After a hiatus in June, a familiar trend reemerged at the local ports last month: growth in cargo traffic at the Los Angeles harbor, but shrinkage in neighboring Long Beach.
Figures released Wednesday show the Port of Los Angeles saw a 5.5 percent increase in cargo containers over July of last year, driven by increased imports and a big jump in the number of empty containers headed back to Asia.
But the Port of Long Beach, which reported a slight uptick in traffic in June, saw its cargo traffic fall 8.8 percent last month, with big drops in both imports and empty container moves.
Through July, cargo moving through Los Angeles was up 5.5 percent this year. It’s down 6.3 percent in Long Beach.
From the Los Angeles Business Journal
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