Long Beach Port Faces Critical Watchmen Labor Strike Deadline as PMA Negotiations Extend to the Wire

Negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association and approximately 250 security watchmen represented by ILWU Local 26 hit a critical 5 p.m. Pacific deadline today. Terminals handling nearly 85% of Long Beach cargo and a third of Los Angeles container gates could face localized gate picketing if a mediation extension is not formalized.