Ports increasingly bustling again after tentative labor deal
Source: AP
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The seaports of the West Coast went from lagging to bustling over the weekend, a process that is expected to accelerate Monday in the wake of a tentative agreement between employers and dockworkers.
More than 1,000 dockworker assignments were filled Sunday at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, more than double the number of recent Sundays. More than 2,000 were expected to be filled on Monday, port officials said.
At more than two dozen other West Coast ports from Washington to California work was mostly back to normal, with additional orders for labor especially at the larger ports to make up for a backlog caused by a monthlong contract dispute.
The only snag in the resumption of work was an apparent slowdown Sunday among dockworkers in Oakland, but even that appeared to be over by the evening shift after an arbitrator's orders.
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I posted these pics on another thread; it appears there's a LOT of work to be done...
It's a great walk area just past the "dancing water" fountains in San Pedro.
