Port Security Talks at Los Angeles and Long Beach Extended to November 20 for 250 Workers at Six Terminals
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) said on November 7 that ILWU Local 26, representing about 250 security workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, agreed to extend contract talks by two more weeks, through November 20, with additional bargaining sessions planned and federal mediators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service assisting.
The security workers staff posts at six container terminals. Their contract expired in July 2025 and the sides have bargained for more than a year; a strike deadline was previously moved from November 1 to November 4 and then to midnight on November 7, making this the third extension. PMA has said a security work stoppage could touch about 85% of cargo at the Port of Long Beach and about one-third of loads at the Port of Los Angeles.
The extension came the same day the Vincent Thomas Bridge, a key link across the port complex, closed as scheduled for a repair project lasting more than a year. Port of Long Beach CEO Noel Hacegaba said this week that the port posted record cargo volumes in October and expects elevated volumes to continue into early next year.
(Source: Pacific Maritime Association)
Source: Pacific Maritime Association
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Photo: 配图：长滩港区（资料图） / Photo: Port of Long Beach area (file photo)
