NRF Presses ILWU, Harbor Employers to Work Out Clerical Contract
The National Retail Federation is "extremely disappointed" that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s Local 63 Office Clerical Unit rejected a contract agreement with the Harbor Employers Association, said NRF Vice President-Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold. (See ITT's Online Archives 13021121). An eight-day strike in November and December shut down most terminals at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach before the parties agreed on a tentative new contract.
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Gold said the NRF would "strongly urge the parties to work through their differences without any kind of disruption. Ratification of a contract is needed to give retailers and other industries that rely on these ports the predictability they need to make long-term plans and get back to growing their businesses and creating jobs.”