Pacific Maritime Association

CMA-CGM George Washington outside of the Port of Long Beach. On the Cover The Eugen Maersk docks at APM Terminals' Pier 400 at the Port of Los Angeles. 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. 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. 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. PMA Mission To provide industry leadership to our member companies through innovative integrated labor relations, human resources and administrative services. PMA Bylaws "Any firm, person, association or corporation engaged in the business of carrying cargo by water to or from any port on the Pacific Coast of the United States, or any agent of any such firm, person, association or corporation, and any firm, person, association or corporation employing longshoremen or other shoreside employees in operations at docks or marine terminals or container freight stations (CFS) at any such port or within the Port Area CFS zone of any such port, and any association or corporations composed of employers of such longshoremen or other shoreside employees shall be eligible for membership in this corporation…" Annual Report This award-winning report is written for the industry, its workforce, journalists and policy makers; it is typically published in the spring each year. Archives are available online at www.pmanet.org. Pacific Maritime Association 2 0 1 8 a n n u a l r e p o r t

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