Abbreviation PMA Region served Pacific Coast Website pmanet.org Founded 1934 | Legal status Trade Association President & CEO James C. McKenna Headquarters San Francisco Main organ Board of directors | |
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Similar International Longshore and Ware, American Association of Port Au, International Association of Machin, AFL–CIO | ||
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California that represents employers of the shipping industry on the Pacific coast.
Background
The Pacific Maritime Association was founded in 1949 as a non-profit corporation. Its principal business is to negotiate and administer labor agreements with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). PMA’s 72 members are cargo carriers, terminal operators, and stevedores that operate along the U.S. West Coast.
In 1960, it negotiated the Mechanization and Modernization Agreement.
As of December 2012, PMA members employed nearly 14,000 registered longshore, clerk and foreman workers at 29 west coast ports in California, Oregon, and Washington, and thousands more “casual” workers, who typically work part-time. Since the 2002 agreement that brought the widespread use of technology to the West Coast, the registered workforce has increased by 32 percent.
In 2015, it negotiated a five-year contract with the ILWU.