PMA and ILWU reach tentative contract agreement following row over disruptions

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has reached a tentative agreement with the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) on ‘certain key issues’. 

The collective bargaining agreement that the ILWU and PMA are negotiating covers more than 22,000 longshore workers at 29 US West Coast ports. 

Throughout the negotiations, the PMA has claimed that the ILWU Local 13 has caused disruption to operations at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on multiple occasions.