The White House today sent Secretary of Labor Tom Perez to San Francisco to help mediate the ongoing labor negotiations between the ILWU and PMA. Announced by the President's chief spokesman. The White House today sent Secretary of Labor Tom Perez to San Francisco to help mediate the ongoing labor negotiations between the ILWU and PMA. Announced by the President's chief spokesman. After 9 months of little visible action from the White House,this comes just days after a large bipartisan group of Congresspersons led by Reps. Reichert (R-WA), Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Greg Walden (R-OR) conducted a Press Conference, after AgTC delivered letters from 359 Oregon agriculture companies/associations and 222 Washington ag interests to the Oregon and Washington Congressional Delegations, and the entire Oregon Congressional Delegation sent strong letters to the President urging decisive action.