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Arbitrator Orders ILWU Back to Work at LA-LB

The waterfront arbitrator in Southern California ordered longshoremen back to work over the weekend, ruling they could not honor picket lines established by striking office clerical workers at marine terminals in Los Angeles-Long Beach.

The Pacific Maritime Association, which represents the terminal operators, asked the area arbitrator to rule on the validity of the pickets. [...]

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Significant Coast Arbitrations, 2010

From the Winter 2010 issue of the Coast Longshore Division Newsletter.

C-2-10 (appeal of SCAA-01-2010) This case addressed the contractual limitations on superintendents at marine terminal facilities.

The Coast Arbitrator made the following important determinations: (1) the day-to-day interaction between superintendents and marine clerks is limited contractually as to how superintendents oversee the [...]

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