Recent ILWU Labor Actions Put Small And Medium Size Businesses At Risk For Supply Chain Chaos

As the ILWU-PMA contract negotiation standstill swiftly approaches a full year, strikes and slowdowns remain a worrying possibility especially after the recent trends of worker slowdowns. Any activity still has the possibility to result in massive backlogs, disruptions, and rate increases – which has the potential to cause significant harm to small and medium size importers.