In another development to a dispute between the union representing West Coast dockworkers and the organization representing their employers, the two parties are pointing fingers and sending mixed signals about the extent of disruption caused to port operations, including at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma.
Pacific Maritime Association, which represents the employers, claimed in a statement Monday the actions taken by the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union have caused terminal operations to slow down or, in Seattle, "come to a halt." The Monday statement echoes what PMA said in the past few days.
"These actions have either slowed operations or shut them down altogether, impeding the supply chain and leaving ships and the American exports they carry sitting idle at the docks," the PMA said.
