A labour dispute has led to a shutdown at a terminal at the Port of Oakland on Monday.
Daytime operations were suspended at SSA Marine’s Oakland International Container Terminal, causing congestion of port trucks.
According to local reports, 22 workers were fired when they did not agree to begin work at 6:45 a.m. instead of the usual 7 a.m. start time at the Oakland International Container Terminal, one of the five terminals at the port. Around 44 workers slowed or stopped working in support of their colleagues.
An arbitrator was summoned and ruled that the firing of the 22 workers was improper and that 44 workers’ behavior of stopping and slowing work was also improper.
Operations at the terminal are expected to resume for evening shifts, and operations at all other terminals at the port are normal.
