Union Clerks in Talks at SoCal Ports
Union clerks at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach who are negotiating a new contract have not reached an agreement with shipping lines and terminal operators but have not set a strike deadline, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Intense negotiations were continuing toward a contract that would avert a strike at the two sister ports, the biggest port complex in the United States, the paper reported Tuesday.
The union wants access to company computers to make sure their work has not been outsourced to nonunion employees, the Times said. The companies want to leave jobs of departing temporary workers and those who quit or retire vacant unless there is a true business need to replace them, it reported.
The Longshoremen’s union, which is not directly involved in talks, has said it would strike in solidarity with the clerks if they went on strike over wages and benefits, Bloomberg reported.
