West Coast Contract

West Coast Ports Set to Keep Humming
With Cargo Volumes Slumping, Expiring Contract Unlikely to Trigger Labor Discord
http://online.wsj.com/articles/west-coast-ports-set-to-keep-humming-1404...

By JOEL MILLMAN CONNECT
June 29, 2014 7:47 p.m. ET

West Coast dock workers battling push to gut ILWU
http://peoplesworld.org/west-coast-dock-workers-battling-push-to-gut-ilwu/
by: PAI
june 26 2014
tags: workers, worker rights, unions, labor

SAN FRANCISCO - With their six-year contract about to expire, talks being held in San Francisco between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the managers of Pacific coastal ports are going down to the wire.

ILWU, Employers Prepare for Toughest Talks in Decades
http://longshorecontract.com/index.php/other-sources/joc/1058-ilwu-emplo...
Published: Tuesday, 07 January 2014 00:16

West Coast employers in 2014 are bracing for what could be the most frustrating contract negotiations they’ve had with the powerful International Longshore and Warehouse Union in decades.