Shipping companies at ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles stop crews from unloading at night

 

 

LOS ANGELES >> A labor dispute between terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and their workers took another turn Tuesday, with operators being ordered to completely stop loading and unloading ships at night, starting Tuesday night.

The Pacific Maritime Association, which represents shipping companies operating West Coast port terminals, said their members will not be assigning any vessel gangs or crews to move cargo off of and onto ships at night, to focus on reducing an ever-expanding pile of cargo containers they contend is the result of an intentional work slowdown tactic by the dockworkers union.

Crane operators who would normally work with the vessel gangs will instead be moving containers out of the shipping yards and onto trucks, which will take the goods to their destination, PMA officials said.

“It’s designed to get containers that have been stranded moving,” PMA spokesman Steve Getzug said.

Daytime vessel gangs, and some night workers on the yard and at the gates, would not be affected by PMA’s order, he added.

PMA has been locked in contentious negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 13, the representatives of which have denied initiating a work slowdown tactic.

The union is only allowing trained and certified crane operators to work at the terminals, according to Adan Ortega, a spokesman for the ILWU.

Ortega said terminal operators are not offering enough training for workers and have become “over-reliant on untrained and uncertified crane operators.”

Getzug dismissed the claim that only certified crane operators should be working on the yards, and contends the dockworkers union is covering for its oft-used negotiating tactic of slowing down work at the ports.

Getzug said they have been responding to the so-called work slowdown by reducing work crews, as there is no point in filling up shipping yards that are not being emptied.

On New Year’s Eve, PMA ordered that the three vessel gangs being assigned to each ship be reduced to just one gang, and Tuesday all vessel gangs were eliminated.

ILWU representatives said ships are normally assigned six to eight vessel crews.

Ortega said the PMA’s decision to relieve even more workers Tuesday night “defies logic” and will only lead to the “mountain of containers growing higher and higher.”

Ortega said they are telling the dockworkers who typically work at night that they can try to show up in the morning to see if they can get work during the day shifts, but it would mean “everyone shares the pain.”

Brothers,

Our Employer UPRR has so many complaints in the state of California

that they have designated a special officer just for us, like we’ve always told them

we are different here.

please store this information in case you need it in the future.

Carrier S.  Wetter, Director of Employee Relations

10031 Foothills Blvd.

Roseville, CA 95747

Bus: (916) 789-6009

Mobile: (832) 906-9397

E-mail: cswetter@up.com

2. Equal Employment Opportunity
The Company, through its policy and practice, provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for
employment without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, religion, veteran status, sexual
orientation, or any other ground prohibited by law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment,
UP: Statement of Policy on Ethics and Business Conduct Page 5 of 7
8/22/2014including hiring, placement, promotion, demotion, termination, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and
training, as more fully explained in the Equal Employment Opportunity Policy.
3. Respectful Work Environment
The Company is committed to ensuring a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and
harassment. All employees should be treated with dignity and respect, which include creating a work environment
free of personally offensive behavior and statements directed at a person’s race, gender or any status protected
under law. In addition, the Company prohibits its employees from exhibiting threatening or violent behavior toward
other employees and those outside the Company with whom they have dealings, as is more fully described in the
Policy on Violence & Abusive Behavior in the Workplace.

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MUST HAVE PAPERWORK SUBMITTED BY 01/30/15

Brothers,

 Cornerstone insurance has extended their enrollment  period that was due to close 01/15/15. Please take a look at the information and rates (provide below) all you need to be eligible is to be a active member of the western lines BLET (pretty good for you older guys) pays on day 8 for injury, pays on day 15 for sickness

life insurance up to 250,000 with no pre-existing condition limitations. check it out our next meeting is Tuesday  jan 20 @ 1030 we will have a conference call or a webinar with a Representative from cornerstone who can answer all of your questions.

 

please call  Danielle  Harrison           cell  915-526-2863

email – dharrison@csagrp.com

 

 

 

UP Western Lines Paperwork Presentation & Rate Guide

Just another reason we should be paid more when working at night….

 

The 15 million Americans who work the night shift won’t hesitate to tell you about the toll their work lives take on their sleep schedules. However, quality shut-eye isn’t the only thing at risk when it comes to a shift worker’s health — especially among women working rotating night shifts, according to a new study.

Published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the study found that women who have worked rotating night shifts for five years or more not only experience shorter lifespans in general, but also have an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Those who have performed rotating shift work for 15 years or more are also more likely to die of lung cancer.

In the study, a team of international researchers monitored approximately 75,000 female registered nurses in the United States for 22 years through Nurses’ Health Study data, which included an interview with each nurse every other year. Defining rotating shift work as “working at least three nights per month in addition to days or evenings in that month,” the researchers asked the women how many years they had worked in this manner.

Of the women who worked rotating night shifts for more than six years, 11 percent experienced a shortened lifespan. Risk of death by cardiovascular disease jumped by 19 percent for those who worked this way for six to 14 years and by 23 percent for those who did so for 15 years or more. Women who worked rotating night shifts for more than 15 years also experienced a 25 percent higher risk of death due to lung cancer.

Previous research has acknowledged shift work’s many links to poor health: The World Health Organization deemed it a carcinogen in 2007 due to its repeated disruption of the body’s circadian rhythm, and it has also been associated with an increased risk for heart and brain problems. This study further reveals how important a role circadian rhythms play in cardiovascular health and tumor prevention.

“These results add to prior evidence of a potentially detrimental relation of rotating night shift work and health and longevity,” Eva S. Schernhammer, M.D., DrPH, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said in a statement. “To derive practical implications for shift workers and their health, the role of duration and intensity of rotating night shift work and the interplay of shift schedules with individual traits (e.g., chronotype) warrant further exploration.”

CMS is re-bulletining the sp760 re08, the jobs close on 01/13/15

 

POSITION………………….ENG
PERM/TEMP…………………PERM
DESCRIPTION……………….WEST COLTON – LONG BEACH POOL
TIME……………………..DAY 1, POD A, TURN 01 (0001-0600)
TWIC TRACKING NUMBER OR CARD REQUIRED

 

As we close out 2014, the officers of BLET Division 5 would like to wish you and your families Happy Holidays and a safe and prosperous 2015 .

 

Brothers,

 

Im sure your aware by now the company has cut the sp760 re08 pool, or shall I say they have taken those engineers who currently are on the re08 pool and added them to the re09. We are working on this….but just so you know this is what they are citing

 

page 2 of the agreement item #8

 

sp760 re08 pod pool