News / Cold ironing clash may throw a spanner in west coast port contract talks

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Contract negotiations at US west coast terminals appear to be in danger of being disrupted by a dispute involving the largest terminal at the port of Seattle.

The International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which has been conducting the talks with the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), is accusing stevedoring firm SSA Marine of trying to wrest authority of a process at the facility from its members to hand the job to workers represented by another union.

The process at issue is cold ...