CMA CGM Hugo calls at the Port of Long Beach.
The Pacific Maritime
Association (PMA)
The principal business of the
Pacific Maritime Association (PMA)
is to negotiate and administer maritime labor agreements with
the International Longshore and
Warehouse Union (ILWU).
The membership of the PMA
consists of domestic carriers,
international carriers and stevedores
that operate in California, Oregon
and Washington.
On the Cover
NYK Apollo docks at the YTI
terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
The labor agreements the PMA
negotiates on behalf of its members
cover wages, employee benefits
and conditions of employment for
workers employed at longshore,
marine clerk and walking boss/
foreman jobs.
PMA Mission
The Association processes weekly
payrolls for workers and collects
assessments on payroll hours and
revenue cargo to fund employee
benefits plans provided for by the
ILWU-PMA labor agreements.
Annual Report
To provide industry leadership to
our member companies through
innovative integrated labor
relations, human resources
and administrative services.
This award-winning report is
written for the industry, its workforce, journalists and policy makers;
it is published in March of each year.
Archives are available online at
www.pmanet.org.
