The fight is sparking concerns among lawmakers who worry surging container prices could ripple through the economy and hit all sorts of consumer goods in a repeat of supply chain problems following pandemic shutdowns.
Local 23 chapter vice president Brock Graber declined to comment on the status of negotiations.
Rank and file members of the union were not happy about their pay in light of the extra demands that were placed upon them during the pandemic, the aide said. “Despite this fact, from pre-pandemic levels through 2022, the percentage of ILWU wages and benefits continued to drop compared to PMA rising revenues,” the union said.
Experts in organized labor say that cost of living adjustments which are tied to inflation and executed automatically with federal benefit programs like Social Security, used to be more commonly included in labor contracts but are now something of a rarity.
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