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Businesses, Unions, Agricultural Organizations Urge Mayors Bass and Richardson to Oppose Air District's Indirect Source Rule for Seaports

The proposed Port ISR would result in capping cargo at the ports, negatively impacting port jobs and the regional economy.

Will President Biden's Port Plan Solve Our Supply Chain Crisis?

The White House administration announces new plan to push West Coast ports to go 24/7 amongst other measures in an effort to forward supply chains.

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Pressure Grows on Dockworkers, Port Employers to Extend Contract

The 2014 and 2015 port slowdown hurt retailers unable to stock shelves and manufacturers who couldn’t fulfill orders.

Sen. Sanders stood with hundreds of low-wage workers who have gone on strike for a living wage to fight for a $15 an hour minimum wage.

West Coast Dockworkers Endorse Bernie Sanders for President

International Longshore and Warehouse Union breaks with East Coast ports union in backing Sanders over Clinton

Supply Chain Cooperation Begins the Trans-Pacific Mega-Ship Era

Working the two largest container ships ever to call at a North American port in the same week required extraordinary effort

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, the Space Needle towers in the background beyond a container ship anchored in Elliott Bay near downtown Seattle.

West Coast Port Disruption Continues Despite Labor Pact

West Coast ports disruption continues despite a recent agreement between port employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILU), according to Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (ATC).

Port Of Long Beach

Port of Long Beach Tests Ability of Zero-Emissions Equipment

Port of Long Beach is installing zero-emissions equipment at two of its shipping terminals to determine if they can handle the large capacity of the port.

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Port Of Long Beach

Businesses, Unions, Agricultural Organizations Urge Mayors Bass and Richardson to Oppose Air District's Indirect Source Rule for Seaports

The proposed Port ISR would result in capping cargo at the ports, negatively impacting port jobs and the regional economy.

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, the Space Needle towers in the background beyond a container ship anchored in Elliott Bay near downtown Seattle.

West Coast Port Disruption Continues Despite Labor Pact

West Coast ports disruption continues despite a recent agreement between port employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILU), according to Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (ATC).

Semi trucks hauling a containers leave the Port of Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Nearly all West Coast seaports began the week with dockworkers hustling to load and unload cargo ships that were held up amid a months-long labor-management dispute.

West Coast Ports Get Creative As Cargo Piles Up

All the pressure has management at the Southern California ports, which combined handle 40 percent of all containerized freight for the U.S., thinking about ways they can speed things up.

A cargo container mover carries a container at right next to a cargo ship operated by Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. at the Port of Tacoma, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, in Tacoma, Wash.

West Coast Ports Tackle Backlog As Shipping Resumes

The five-year contract reached Friday after U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez imposed a deadline for a deal, averted a shutdown of 29 ports that would have cost the U.S. economy $2 billion a day.

Companies that handle billions of dollars of cargo at West Coast seaports said they will hire far fewer workers this weekend, the latest escalation in a contract dispute with dockworkers that threatens to shut down a vital link in U.S.-Asia trade.

Pacific Maritime Association Makes 'All In' Offer To End Port Dispute

The PMA issued an ultimatum of “continued slowdowns or gold-standard wages and benefits,” offering a three percent year-on-year wage increase for ILWU full-time workers, following three months of port slow-downs across the US West Coast.

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84 U.S. Congressmen Urge Union And Employers To End Pacific Port Dispute

The letter urges the sides to “quickly resolve their differences and put an end to the nine months of (contract) negotiations” and highlighted the negative impact increased port congestion is having on their constituents.