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ILWU workers walk out at Port of Portland over wage dispute

Photo credit: Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian

Struggles continue between the ILWU and ICTSI Oregon, the operator of Terminal 6 at the Port of Portland. An ILWU walkout Thursday closed the terminal, according to an ILWU statement.

ILWU Local 40 clerks walked off the job at 9:30 am PST, effectively closing Terminal 6 in Portland for the remainder of the day.

A representative of Terminal 6 reportedly said, "As for a gate tomorrow we will hire a full complement of labor and hope that they will return to work."

Since the West Coast ILWU contract expired July 1, labor workers can't be ordered back to work.

According to a statement from ILWU spokeswoman Jennifer Sargent released Friday afternoon, the collective bargaining agreement between Hanjin and ICTSI expired on July 1. Because there is no contract, she said the no-strike clause is no longer in force, and the same is true for any arbitration procedure.

"On Wednesday, ILWU Local 8 took legally protected collective action against ICTSI in an attempt to resolve specific grievances involving pay issues," said Sargent in the statement. "ILWU Local 40, which represents marine clerks, followed Thursday."

"There are multiple pay disputes and associated grievances related to ICTSI’s mismanagement of Terminal 6 that are causing workers to exercise their legally protected right to collective action," the statement continued. "ILWU-represented longshore workers and marine clerks would like to resolve the disputes and return to work. ICTSI was informed both on both Wednesday and Thursday that work would resume upon resolution of the grievances. ICTSI's refusal to resolve the pay disputes is what has caused longshore workers to continue exercising their legally protected collective action."

The Port of Portland announced in late August that it would cancel an agreement with the ILWU concerning two reefer jobs, due to a fall in productivity at Terminal 6.



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