LOS ANGELES - The dispute between dockworkers at the West
Coast's sea ports and their employers didn't take a day off for the Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday.
The two sides have been trying to negotiate a new
contract for months, and as tensions have risen the rate that cargo is moving
has slowed.
On Monday, the operators of terminals at ports where
dockworkers typically load and unload massive ocean-going ships ordered
slimmed-down work crews.
A spokesman for the terminal operators said container
ships would not be worked at 29 ports from San Diego to Seattle because crews
must concentrate on trying to clear dockside yards already congested with
containers.
The dockworkers' union says its members are being
unfairly punished; employers say dockworkers are purposely slowing work to gain
bargaining leverage.
Source: North
Jersey.com
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