Pacific Maritime Association

Pacific Maritime Association
Abbreviation PMA
Legal status Trade Association
Headquarters San Francisco, California[1]
Region served
Pacific Coast
President & CEO
 James C. McKenna[2]
Main organ
 Board of Directors
Website pmanet.org

The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California which represents employers of the shipping industry on the Pacific Coast.[3]

Background

The Pacific Maritime Association was founded in 1949.[4] It is a non-profit corporation. The principal business of the PMA is to negotiate and administer labor agreements with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). PMA’s 72 members are cargo carriers, terminal operators and stevedores that operate along the U.S. West Coast.

In 1960, it negotiated the Mechanization and Modernization Agreement.[4]

As of December 2012, PMA members employed nearly 14,000 registered longshore, clerk and foreman workers at 29 West Coast ports in California, Oregon and Washington, and thousands more “casual” workers, who typically work part-time. Since the 2002 agreement that brought the widespread use of technology to the West Coast, the registered workforce has increased by 32 percent.

In 2015, it negotiated a five-year contract with the ILWU.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pacific Maritime Association: Locations
  2. ↑ Pacific Maritime Association: Leadership
  3. 1 2 Robert Wright, 'US supply chains face lengthy turmoil despite port deals', Financial Times, 23 February 2015, p. 8
  4. 1 2 Pacific Maritime Association: Overview
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