ILWU Marine Clerks Local 63 (Port of LA)

The latest actions by the PMA show a blatant disregard for the workers who have built our California’s Port system, for the small, medium and large businesses across the country that rely on stable and reliable goods movement and for the economic security that these Ports provide to our nation. 

Instead of working constructively with ILWU, Local 13 towards a fair and responsible labor contract, the PMA has chosen to unfairly penalize Workers and has shown willingness to sacrifice the great economic recovery currently underway for their own economic benefit. 

The PMA has entered into a very dangerous and unnecessary game. California’s and the United States’ economic security is no game - it is central to our national security and to the economic wellbeing of nations and continents throughout the world. I demand that the PMA reconsider its decision to suspend Port activity this weekend, reopen our Ports, re-enter into good faith negotiations with ILWU, Local 13 and stop being a barrier to California’s economic recovery.”