Unions Pledge Support for Striking Port Pilots
Other waterfront unions pledged support for striking port pilots Friday as city officials rejected the strikers’ latest contract proposal, an attorney said.
The pilots lowered their salary request from $195,000 a year to the $160,000 range, but city officials “indicated they were not interested,” said union attorney Beth Garfield.
As the labor dispute reached its 64th day, three International Longshore and Warehouse Union locals pledged $120,000 in financial assistance to the 10 striking pilots. “We are here today to tell the Port of Los Angeles that we are behind our brothers in their struggle,” said Joe Cortez, president of the longshore workers Local 13.
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