By Mark Edward Nero
A rescheduled monthly labor meeting is suspending dayside operations at the Port of Oakland on May 1. The port said there are no vessel, yard or gate operations occurring during Friday’s first shift. Vessel loading and unloading are scheduled to resume with the second shift, beginning at 7 pm, the port added.
The port said it has notified shippers and harbor truckers of the schedule change, and that the temporary suspension isn’t expected to have lasting effect on port operations.
Waterfront employers okayed a longshore workers’ request to move their monthly meeting to May 1, according to the port. Monthly labor meetings are prescribed in the longshore contract with waterfront employers. The meetings are usually held on Thursday evenings, however local reports have indicated that longshore workers intend to participate in a demonstration Friday morning against police violence.
The Port of Oakland doesn’t employ longshore labor on the docks or manage its marine terminals, it leases terminal facilities to privately owned operating companies that contract with dock workers.
Updated information on the shift cancellation is available on the port’s blog, Port of Oakland Today.
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Port of Oakland Resumes Ops After Day Shift Closure
The Port of Oakland resumed cargo-handling operations during the swing shift on May 1 after an eight-hour shutdown that coincided with May Day labor protests.
International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 members did not work the day shift at the port on May 1, as the union and Pacific Maritime Association held business meetings during the day. The meetings were originally scheduled for May 17, but were moved up to May 1 to coincide with International Workers Day, commonly known as May Day.
May Day is typically marked – particularly in the Bay Area and Los Angeles – with labor marches, protests and other activities. The shippers and union said they felt it would be wise to move the meetings up to May 1 because the protests might have affected regular cargo handling operations.
The May 1 dayshift closure marked the third time in the past seven months that protests had directly or indirectly affected Port of Oakland operations. Last November and December, demonstrations by members of the Occupy movement caused the temporary shutdown of terminals during the day or evening shifts.
International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 members did not work the day shift at the port on May 1, as the union and Pacific Maritime Association held business meetings during the day. The meetings were originally scheduled for May 17, but were moved up to May 1 to coincide with International Workers Day, commonly known as May Day.
May Day is typically marked – particularly in the Bay Area and Los Angeles – with labor marches, protests and other activities. The shippers and union said they felt it would be wise to move the meetings up to May 1 because the protests might have affected regular cargo handling operations.
The May 1 dayshift closure marked the third time in the past seven months that protests had directly or indirectly affected Port of Oakland operations. Last November and December, demonstrations by members of the Occupy movement caused the temporary shutdown of terminals during the day or evening shifts.
