News / Calm at US west coast ports at last – but it stays stormy up north

Port of Vancouver. Photo: © Hpbfotos

The “tentative” deal announced between the ILWU and PMA on US west coast port worker contracts will take months to complete, the ILWU has said, while North American shippers are facing other turbulence too.

Willie Adams, president, said yesterday: “While the final decision is up to our members, we feel our time at the bargaining table was well spent and that the agreement represents the hard work of our rank and file and the sacrifices they made during the pandemic.

“The next step ...