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Container ships wait at the dock to be unloaded at the
Port of Oakland Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, in Oakland, Calif
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending
his labor secretary to California to meet with both sides in a contract dispute
that has affected the flow of goods from Asia into West Coast ports.
A White House spokesman, Eric Schultz, said the president
is getting Secretary Tom Perez involved because of concerns about the economic
consequences of further delays.
Perez's mission is to meet with the parties and press
them to quickly settle their differences at the negotiating table.
The waters off Los Angeles, Oakland and Washington
state's Puget Sound have become parking lots for dozens of ships awaiting space
at the docks.
Employers are locking out dockworkers who man the cranes
that lift cargo on and off ships, saying they have slowed work as a bargaining
tactic.
The union denies that.
Source: US
News & World Report
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