ILWU Local leader: Liners stopped providing chassis to cut union jobs
Source: JOC.com
Bill Mongelluzzo
SAN FRANCISCO-- The International Longshore and Warehouse Union doesn’t buy ocean carriers’ explanation that they stopped providing chassis to truckers and cargo interests in order to save money, said Bobby Olvera, president of ILWU Local 13 in Southern California.
Instead, Olver said employers are intentionally undermining the agreement made a decade ago that terminals can automate and in return longshoremen’s remaining jobs, such as maintaining and repairing chassis, would be protected, he said.
“We agreed to automation. A promise is a promise,” Olvera told the annual conference of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition at the weekend.
Mandatory safety inspections of chassis is the most important issue today for maritime labor on both coasts. It held up contract negotiations between the ILWU and Pacific Maritime Association this past year, and will be a major topic of discussion if the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance begin early contract negotiations later this year as they are considering.
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