FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2022

Contacts:       
For PMA, news@pmanet.org, 415-576-3244

For ILWU Coast Longshore Division, Jennifer Sargent Bokaie, (503) 703-2933

 

 

PMA and ILWU Continue Talks on a New Labor Agreement as the Existing Contract Expires

 

SAN FRANCISCO (July 1, 2022) - Negotiations for a new labor contract covering more than 22,000 dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports will continue to move forward as the existing current coast-wide labor agreement expires today at 5:00 p.m. PST.

 

While there will be no contract extension, cargo will keep moving, and normal operations will continue at the ports until an agreement can be reached between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU).

 

Both sides understand the strategic importance of the ports to the local, regional and US economies, and are mindful of the need to finalize a new coast-wide contract as soon as possible to ensure continuing confidence in the West Coast.

 

The coast-wide labor contract is between employers who operate port terminals and shipping lines represented by the PMA and dockworkers represented by the ILWU. The parties have negotiated a West Coast collective bargaining agreement since the 1930s.

 

 

 Sincerely,