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Labor/Employment

Feb. 20, 2015

Dock fight hinges on arbitrator

An internationally watched labor dispute involving West Coast dockworkers is evidently solely due to the union's dissatisfaction with regional arbitrator David Miller.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The issue behind a seven-month contract standoff between the dockworkers' union and management - whether the union can unilaterally fire a lone, regional arbitrator - is unprecedented, labor lawyers say.


With operations at 29 West Coast ports hanging in the balance, U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez on Wednesday met again with the dockworkers' union and management to hammer out a new contrac...

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