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The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has reiterated its and its member unions’ continuing concern over the unacceptable lockout of workers at the Port of Vancouver, Washington State, USA.
The Federation laid out its views on the dispute in a formal complaint to Masami Iijima, president and CEO of Mitusi Limited, which owns United Grain Corporation, the company at the centre of the lockout.
ITF acting general secretary Steve Cotton told Iijima:
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is a global federation of about 700 transport trade unions with a collective membership of over 4.5 million workers. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which represents workers at the Mitsui owned United Grain Corp. in the Port of Vancouver, Washington USA, is a key affiliate of the ITF’s Dockers’ Section.
I am writing to you because the ITF and its affiliates are deeply concerned that the ILWU’s members have been locked out by Mitsui’s local management for nearly three months now – since 27th February 2013 – and there does not appear to be any sign of a willingness to return to good faith bargaining with the union to...