The local Office Clerical Unit of the International Longshore Warehouse Union struck four terminals after its labor contracts with 14 shippers and terminal operators expired.
Longshoremen, who are members of another ILWU unit, historically have honored picket lines and refused to cross picket lines at two terminals overnight. … But an arbitrator ruled that the clerical unit had bargained in bad faith and ordered longshoremen back to work by 8 a.m., Berry said.
“We’re not opposed to technology that will create more efficient processes, but we do not agree if it allows others to do our work,” said John Fageaux Jr., president of Local 63[A].