BRUSSELS: The group that operates the Port of Portland’s lone container terminal is claiming victory after a federal board upheld a ruling calling for unions to operate more efficiently.
ICTSI Oregon, the company contracted by the port to run its Terminal 6 container operation, on Wednesday said the National Labor Relations Board upheld an administrative judge’s ruling that ordered the International Longshore and Warehouse Union “to cease and desist from a variety of activities at Terminal 6 in Portland that violate federal labor laws.”
ICTSI and ILWU had disputed whether the latter group had purposely engaged in slowdowns and work stoppages.
Specifically, the NLRB, in August 2013, ordered ILWU to “cease and desist from inducing and encouraging employees of ICTSI Oregon Inc. to withhold their services, engage in slowdowns and work stoppages, or interfere with the lawful and proper work assignments of other employee groups that perform services” at Terminal 6.
