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Clerk strike shuts down Pier 400 in L.A.

   Clerical workers representated by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit went on strike at APM Terminals (APMT) Pier 400 facility in the Port of Los Angeles on Tuesday. 
   While Local 63 OCU employees do clerical work for shipping agencies and terminals, other ILWU longshoremen who work at the terminal honored their picked line, effectively shutting down the terminal, one of the nation’s largest. 
   APMT said in a status update report posted on the terminal’s Website it did not expect the facility to reopen this morning…

Chris Dupin

Chris Dupin has written about trade and transportation and other business subjects for a variety of publications before joining American Shipper and Freightwaves.