Contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association will recess beginning Monday for a previously scheduled union caucus.
It is not unusual for the ILWU to call caucuses from time to time, although next week’s meetings “will certainly cover the contract negotiations,” ILWU spokesman Craig Merrilees said.
Caucus members are democratically chosen delegates who were elected from each local union. Those delegates determine the agenda and the topics to be discussed.