The strikers closed on Wednesday for the second consecutive day, in Los Angeles port's largest port and operation after operation to expand the long beach harbor three seat terminal closed, threat to the country's most busy port paralysis complex.
About 70 clerical workers attack APM terminal operation terminal 400 in Los Angeles port (Tuesday), improve the stakes in a 2 ? - year - old contract fought union says, management has been outsourcing well-paid job, state and overseas.
Only a handful of workers guard earlier on Wednesday, but LA, ports, docks, workers are the respect of the strike and terminal is in the closed position, although only two ship affected, a spokeswoman for the YuMin Philip said.
"This is not in any way weakened port, we've got eight other container terminal startup and operation," he said.
The port is not Christmas goods shipment peak, because a few weeks ago end.
, "new fai said:" holiday goods is in stores or warehouse.
The port of long beach officials say, Wednesday afternoon, industrial action have shutter in three container terminal business.
About the quarter of 1 billion was $of goods travel three dock every day, long beach harbor spokesman art Wong said.
Like Los Angeles, huang said, long beach port wharf workers to perform clerical workers went on strike, and no over the picket line.
Los Angeles and long beach with the common the busiest port. Last year's double port $273 billion value of the cargo handling.
The strike from international coastal and warehouse league 63 local time office clerk unit. They deal in 14 companies until June 2010 double port operation of the terminal.
Years of negotiations over, negotiations break off on Monday, resulting in strikes.
Arbitrators ruled on Tuesday night, the trade union, malicious for consultation and pay the cargo and the strike is invalid. But, this command is ignored. The second arbitrator is expected to make a decision in two days, whether should adhere to the order.
Secretarial personnel staged brief strike in 2010 and ended in 2011, improper arbitration award.
But for the moment, "they are on strike picket line respected," said Craig Merrilees, ILWU spokesman San Francisco.
Los Angeles/long beach harbor employers' association, which represents the 14 terminal operator in contract negotiation's chief negotiator said, Stephen berry, Labour union risk "dangerous upgrade", if they continue to ignore sequence.
"It could lead to the spread of a work is more than a terminal" action, in turn, may contribute to pay for the goods lock staff, strawberry said.
However, it is unlikely, because any party all hope to have a repeat of the suffering of the ten day lock in some west coast ports in 2002 led to the estimated $1.5 billion dollars in damage.
The present question is union argument, namely terminal operation outsourcing work, pay lower paperwork agents in the United States and local such as costa rica, India and Taiwan. Trade union issued argue that, in the past five years has lost its 51-member clerical work of the office.
Because of the computer technology, the consignor may easily "button, and may even get preferential tax" transfer to other regions, Merrilees said.
The company refused to acknowledge the problem of is outsourcing, Merrilees said.
Any local trade union clerical work of outsourcing, as the owner refused to negotiate group 51 workers to resign, death or retirement full benefits in the past three years, said in a statement.
No fill their position, because there is no "business needs, said in a statement," from Los Angeles/long beach harbor employers' association.
In addition, the company has provided documents, to ensure that the current union workers work life, strawberry said.
He says, the union expects contract language allow the "fund goes" - practice require employers to make a phone call to the temporary employees and hire new permanent staff, even if have to perform work.




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