Port of Long Beach Chief Executive issues statement on mediation
posted by AJOT | Jan 06 2015 at 12:28 PM | Ports & Terminals
Port of Long Beach Chief Executive Jon Slangerup issued the following statement after last night’s announcement by federal mediators that they will assist in West Coast port contract talks, following a joint request from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the private terminal operators, the Pacific Maritime Association:
“We congratulate the ILWU and PMA for both agreeing to mediation. We urgently need a resolution to their long contract negotiations so they can join all of our industry stakeholders in restoring and improving productivity at all West Coast ports.”