Terminal operator, union spar over call for peace
Source: Portland Tribune
Written by Jim Redden
The labor-mangement dispute at Terminal 6 at the Port of Portland is continuing. Now the terminal operator and the union representing its workers are sparring over a recent letter from 14 Oregon legislators urging them to make peace.
The terminal is operated by ITCSI Oregon, the local arm of an international terminal operating company based in the Phillipines. The workers are represented by Local 8 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. They have been fighting for years, with each side accusing the other of causing work slowdowns that recently prompted Hanjin Shipping — the largest shipping line serving the terminal — to pull out of the port entirely.
The bi-partisan group of legislators wrote to leaders on both sides on March 10. They also sent the letter to the heads of the ILWU International and the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents all port operators on the West Coast.
In the letter, the legislators blamed Hanjin's departure on the dispute that has been happening since 2012 and called it a blow to Oregon's economy. Hanjin provided around 80 percent of the service at Terminal 6.
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