An issue in the contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association has been the future of the arbitration system for deciding technology disputes. (Radar Screen).

An issue in the contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association has been the future of the arbitration system for deciding technology disputes. When the contract is finally resolved, ILWU locals are certain to challenge attempts by individual terminal operators to implement labor-saving technology. Employers have agreed to allow the first challenge to be lodged with the ILWU-PMA arbitrator at the port where the dispute arises. If either side disputes the local arbitrator's decision, the matter would go to the coast arbitrator in San Francisco, Sam Kagel, who has held that position since it was created in 1948. …