A particular focus is given to the influential International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

West Coast dockworkers ratified a settlement that will ensure six years of labor peace, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union said.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union agreed to a 30-day extension.

The companies said they had little choice in a labor dispute with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union that has now hit a wall.

After four months, a strike by the 13,000 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which mostly served West Coast ports, was settled.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union said its members were working more slowly as a safety precaution after five longshoremen died this year.

He played a substantial role in the founding of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

Considering the history of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, that is not surprising.

"This is an outrageous action," said James Spinosa, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

His mother, an office manager, and his dad, a member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, raised seven children.