West Coast port labor negotiations are still continuing the strike risk

USAPacific time at 17:00 on the July 1, representing the workers union warehouse-cum-international terminal (ILWU) and the Pacific on behalf of the employerOcean shippingExisting six-year labor contract Association (the Pacific Maritime Association) will expire between. Although this seems unlikely before the two sides reached a formal agreement, but both sides said the negotiations will continue.

May 12, representatives of the U.S. West Coast ports 13,600 registered workers union warehouse-cum-international terminal (ILWU), with representatives from 72Shipping companyAnd terminal operators in the Pacific Maritime Association (the Pacific Maritime Association) started negotiations. After several rounds of negotiations canceled and restarted, until now the two sides have not reached an agreement.

According to the U.S. CNBC reported that the US-funded negotiations Silao more positive response, a spokesman for the Pacific Maritime Association, told the media, "the negotiations will continue on Monday, or will continue until mid-July." ILWU hold the same attitude, said Monday afternoon, the two sides will return to the negotiating table.

Although both parties to continue negotiations to avoid maintaining a similar situation in 2008 of a general strike, but an industry veteran said, ILWU is a very loose democratic union branch if the ports have a strong disagreement with the ILWU headquarters, during the negotiations not be ruled out partial strikes and slow cargo handling problem.