Negotiations: Past and Present
September 6, 2023
President Biden hosted PMA and ILWU leadership at the White House to celebrate ratification of the new agreement.
August 31, 2023
ILWU announced ratification of the contract.
June 14, 2023
PMA and the ILWU reached a new 6-year contract agreement.
July 1, 2022
Contract expired.
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.