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The federal mediator who twice succeeded in extending contract talks as strike deadlines loomed issued a statement today praising Daggett and USMX Chairman James Capo for coming to terms.
The USMX and the ILA issued a joint statement in which Capo said he was “obviously pleased,” by the agreement. Daggett was quoted as calling it, “a great contract.”
Details of the six-year deal released by the two sides included: a $1-an-hour increase in shippers’ contribution to health benefit funds; protection against job cuts resulting from new technology; and continued ILA representation of truck chassis maintenance workers.
The agreement will now be presented to rank-and-file union members for a ratification vote, and to employers for their approval.
More at the Star-Ledger

Excerpts from the Journal of Commerce:
Container lines owned half of U.S. intermodal chassis in 2009, but their share fell to 32 percent last year and will drop to 20 percent by the end of 2013, consultant Steve Rubin told the JOC’s 13th annual TPM Conference.
The next big thing in intermodal chassis may be a proposed “gray fleet” for chassis operating in and around Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation’s two busiest container ports.
Chris Lytle, executive director of the Port of Long Beach, told the TPM Conference that the ports hope to issue a request for proposals and get responses within six months. He said the ports hope to apply what’s worked best elsewhere.

Source: progressivepress.net

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