Automation and the Longshoremen: A West Coast Solution
On October 18 management and labor reached an agreement which, when ratified by the local unions, will ensure harmony between the longshoremen and the West Coast maritime employers until 1966. WILLIAM GLAZIER,administrative assistant to the national officers of the International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemens Union, here explains the complicated issues which had to be resolved by the new contract.