News / New lockout at west coast ports as PMA refuses to pay overtime to dockworkers

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The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) announced yesterday that it will again suspend weekend vessel operations at 29 terminals across US west coast ports and halt ship work today (Lincoln’s birthday) and on Monday (Washington’s birthday).

In a statement, the PMA employer group said it would refuse to pay the 50% premium for overtime work at the weekend and public holidays while productivity remained “severely diminished”. It accused the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) of continued slowdowns that amounted to “a ...