West Coast port agreement may come soon

Negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) over a new West Coast port labor contract started over a year ago but have stalled month after month. Agreements have been reached on topics such as healthcare and the use of automation at docks but local issues at each individual port have bogged down the process. With wages and pensions and the length of the contract the only issues left to debate, the Wall Street Journal recently reported a tentative agreement could potentially be reached by June. Even so, groups…