Longshore security officers plan to strike at the Port of Portland Nov. 25 if talks Friday don’t produce a contract. This move would freeze millions of dollars worth of freight, and will have a deep impact at Portland’s Port. The strike will be done by 25 officers who work at the gates of three terminals and will generate an outsized effect and as a respect to these 25 officers the rest of the members of the union are refusing to cross their picket lines.
These Negotiations have been ongoing since June 30,2011, they might reach agreement today in a session with a mediator. Or further 11th-hour talks could produce a contract — an unlikely prospect, however, given an unfair-labor-practice complaint the Port filed Thursday accusing Local 28 of bargaining in bad faith.
One thing that you can count on is that the union’s longshore division, which includes terminal workers, are entitled to respect picket lines — including those established by the union’s warehouse division, which covers the security officers said by spokeswoman Jennifer Sargent
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LONGSHORE SECURITY OFFICERS POSSIBLE STRIKE AT PORT OF PORTLAND
Longshore security officers plan to strike at the Port of Portland Nov. 25 if talks Friday don’t produce a contract. This move would freeze millions of dollars worth of freight, and will have a deep impact at Portland’s Port. The strike will be done by 25 officers who work at the gates of three terminals and will generate an outsized effect and as a respect to these 25 officers the rest of the members of the union are refusing to cross their picket lines.
These Negotiations have been ongoing since June 30,2011, they might reach agreement today in a session with a mediator. Or further 11th-hour talks could produce a contract — an unlikely prospect, however, given an unfair-labor-practice complaint the Port filed Thursday accusing Local 28 of bargaining in bad faith.
One thing that you can count on is that the union’s longshore division, which includes terminal workers, are entitled to respect picket lines — including those established by the union’s warehouse division, which covers the security officers said by spokeswoman Jennifer Sargent
If you would like to read more please visit this website.
www.longshoreshippingnews.com