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Honduran dockworkers from the SGTM union protested at ICTSI at the Port of Portland in March. Their union brothers and sisters in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, have suffered threats and violence against their families since ICTSI privatized their terminal.The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has expressed their concern this week over the decision made by the Victorian Government to select International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) as the operator of the Port of Melbourne’s third terminal.
MUA national secretary, Paddy Crumlin, highlighted ICTSI’s recent involvement in labour disputes in both the US and in Honduras, stating that the Philippine operator has “a poor international reputation in industrial relations”.
Crumlin, who is also president of the International Transport Workers’ Federation and chairs its dockers’ section, said the MUA would work with the company to develop productive, efficient and safe work practices. “We will work with them to optimise the standards, but it’s a surprising and a worrying development.”
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The ILWU-PMA collective bargaining relationship dates back to the 1930′s and covers all West Coast ports. The current agreement expires on June 30.SAN FRANCISCO (May 12, 2014) – Negotiations for a new labor contract covering nearly 20,000 dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports began Monday afternoon in San Francisco. The current contract expires at midnight on June 30, 2014.
The contract is between employers who operate port terminals and shipping lines represented by the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and dockworkers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). The parties have negotiated a West Coast collective bargaining agreement since the 1930s.
“Dockworkers are looking forward to negotiating a fair agreement that protects the good jobs and benefits that support thousands of families and dozens of communities around west coast ports,” said ILWU International President Bob McEllrath.
PMA President Jim McKenna said: “West Coast ports have lost significant market share in recent years, and face renewed competition from Canada, Mexico, the Panama Canal and other domestic ports for cargo that has powered job and economic growth in...
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