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| Ports seek swap for automation - Pacific Maritime Association, International Longshore and Warehouse Union contract ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) |
 | | As of late last week, the ILWU and the PMA were said to be miles from reaching a settlement on a new three-year contract to replace the one that expired July 1. |
 | | Union officials claim the ship companies already have been outsourcing clerk responsibilities to non-union operations, whose employees make as little as $10 per hour, for more than 20 years. |
 | | Average annual wages, including overtime, for the 10,500 ILWU members, including 6,000 at the two local ports, are $83,000 for longshoremen, $118,000 for clerks and $158,000 for foremen. |
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