Pacific Maritime Association

Thank You, Jim McKenna, for 20 Years of Service to PMA PMA President and CEO Jim McKenna, who led PMA with focus, strength and calm during an era of great challenges on the West Coast waterfront, announced his retirement at the end of 2023. J im was the longest serving PMA president in history, coming on board soon after the tense 2002 contract negotiations that culminated in President George W. Bush invoking the Taft-Hartley Act. Since then, Jim has brought stability to West Coast port operations, enhanced relationships with the ILWU, and helped position the West Coast waterfront for even greater success in the decades to come. Contract Negotiations Jim deftly guided PMA through three successful contract negotiations and a pivotal three-year contract extension in 2017. In his first contract talks as President and CEO of PMA in 2008, he negotiated the landmark agreement which introduced automation to the West Coast waterfront. In 2014, he negotiated an agreement to secure improvements to the arbitration process to more reliably resolve workplace disputes. In that negotiation, and again in the 2022-23 talks, Jim and ILWU leaders worked with federal officials who got involved to help bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion. Their involvement reflected the recognition of the vital importance of the West Coast maritime industry to the national economy. The successful outcome of contract talks in 2023 was celebrated by PMA and ILWU leaders with President Biden and his team at the White House. Pandemic Response The West Coast maritime industry was one of the first to be impacted by the global pandemic, and stood at the Jim signs official paperwork at the start of negotiations in 2022, with Matt McKenna in the background. President Biden hosts Jim and the PMA team at the White House to acknowledge the ratification of a new coastwise agreement between PMA and the ILWU. 14 2023 ANNUAL REPORT

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