Negotiations: Past and Present
July 1, 2022
Current contract scheduled to expire.
May 10, 2022
Negotiations for a new coastwise contract scheduled to begin.
November 2021
The ILWU declined an offer by PMA for a one-year contract extension.
2017
PMA and the ILWU agreed to a contract extension to last until July 1, 2022, averting the disruptions that marked previous negotiations.
2014-15
Prolonged negotiations resulted in lengthy work slowdowns, extreme terminal congestion, and intervention by the Obama administration.
2008
West Coast marine terminal operators secured the right to automate in a landmark agreement.
2002
PMA and the ILWU reached a historic technology agreement, overcoming an impasse that closed all 29 West Coast ports for 11 days.