A container is offloaded from a Matson ship in Oakland.
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.
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.
Annual Report
This award-winning report is
written for the industry, its work-
force, journalists and policy makers;
it is typically published in the spring
each year. Archives are available
online at www.pmanet.org.
On the Cover
The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin –
which can hold 18,000 TEUs –
is the largest container ship to
reach North American shores.
2015 Annual Report
Pacific Maritime Association
