Press Releases
LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
December 5, 2012
Employers Reach Agreement with OCU; Ports Back to Work
Harbor Employers Express Appreciation for Leadership of Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa
LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
December 4, 2012
Employers Reach Agreement with OCU
LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
December 2, 2012
Employers' Latest Proposals Offer Additional Concessions to Get Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports Working Again
Clerks' refusal to drop pickets and end their strike threatens to keep hundreds of thousands of workers off the job and cargo idle into a second week
LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
December 1, 2012
Talks Continue as Impacts from Port Strike Expand
Number of idle ships, workers growing; further threatening local and national economic recovery and putting good-paying jobs at risk
LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
November 30, 2012
Talks Resume, but OCU's Strike Continues as Negative Impact Spreads throughout Region
Port Shutdown Wreaking Havoc on Harbor Community and Threatens Severe Damage to National Economy
LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
November 29, 2012
Employers Renew Their Offer of Mediation to Reach Agreement
With their Port Strike, 600 Clerks Earning $165,000 Annual Compensation Packages Put Thousands of Jobs and the National Economy at Further Risk
LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
November 28, 2012
OCU Continues Irresponsible Actions, Creates Chaos and Uncertainty by Widening Strike and Shutting Down Operations at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
November 27, 2012
Area Arbitrator Declares that OCU Picket Lines Are Not Bona Fide and Directs ILWU Longshore Locals to Return to Work; Longshore Locals Disregard Arbitrator's Order and Refuse to Work
LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
November 27, 2012
OCU Again Initiates a Work Stoppage in Support of Unreasonable "Featherbedding" Demands; Rejects Employers' Offers for Fair Contracts
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
November 20, 2012
LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
October 22, 2012
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
October 8, 2012
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
September 6, 2012
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
August 22, 2012
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
August 2, 2012
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
July 31, 2012
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
Summary of June 22, 2012, New "Option C" Proposal for Office Clerk Supplement to
ILWU-PMA Marine Clerks' Contract
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
May 31, 2012
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
May 1, 2012
Los Angeles/Long Beach Waterfront Labor Negotiations Update
Arbitrator's Decision Sets Uncertain Course for Smooth Operations Again at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
April 12, 2012
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
December 3, 2011
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
December 2, 2011
OCU Clerks Pull Out of Labor Talks, Put Up Pickets at LA/LB Ports
Summary of Employers' November 7, 2011
Complete Counterproposal for New Collective Bargaining Agreements with the OCU
Summary of Employers' Coordinated October 24, 2011
Proposal for New Collective Bargaining Agreements with the OCU
Summary of Employers' Coordinated June 7, 2011
Proposal to Create a Supplement to the ILWU-PMA Contract to Merge the OCU into the ILWU Marine Clerks
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
September 12, 2011
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
July 14, 2011
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
July 1, 2011
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
June 2, 2011
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
May 23, 2011
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
April 29, 2011
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
April 21, 2011
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
April 11, 2011
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
March 14, 2011
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
February 22, 2011
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
February 4, 2011
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
January 21, 2001
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
No Meetings with Employers
as Workers Approach 60 Days Without a Contract
OCU All Get and No Give as Negotiations Stall
Clerical workers may have temporarily put down pickets after twice being told by arbitrators that the OCU has not bargained in good faith, but remain on strike at the negotiating table, refusing to agree to any of the employers' key demands
July 22, 2010
LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH WATERFRONT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
July 17, 2010
Negotiations set to resume Wednesday
July 13, 2010
OCU Drops Pickets, but Harbor Employers Remain Wary
OCU maintains unacceptable "featherbedding" demands despite employers' continuing offers of job security, work guarantees and pay, benefits increases
July 12, 2010
Employers Condemn Reckless Escalation of Disruption at the Ports
OCU answers employers' sweetened offers of job security, pay, benefits and pension increases - and protections against layoffs - with new pickets, walkouts
July 9, 2010
Why is the OCU threatening to shut-down the ports?
July 7, 2010
Harbor Employers to OCU: No outsourcing, no layoffs
Ports' office clerical workers would get job guarantees despite work shortage;
Receive pay, benefits increases on top of their current $165,000 annual compensation package
July 6, 2010
