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Re: Port of Oakland struggles as Ports of America abandons terminal
Author: jst3751
Date: 09-05-2016 - 13:49
Thank you George for explaining what most people either don't understand or refuse to understand.
As a previous card caring member for both ILWU and the Teamsters, I can clearly state that the ILWU is indeed very greedy and snooty, and the ports are not exempt from playing games.
The best thing that could happen to customers is the ILWU contact for the West Coast ports be declared a monopoly and broken up into separate contacts per port. (And yes, LA and LB would be separate contracts. The cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles certainly do not considered the area combined, so the contact should not be either.)
As a previous card caring member for both ILWU and the Teamsters, I can clearly state that the ILWU is indeed very greedy and snooty, and the ports are not exempt from playing games.
The best thing that could happen to customers is the ILWU contact for the West Coast ports be declared a monopoly and broken up into separate contacts per port. (And yes, LA and LB would be separate contracts. The cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles certainly do not considered the area combined, so the contact should not be either.)
