美西罷工最新進展

勞資雙方的談判已就健康保險福利部分達成具體協議，但前提是談判的其他部分也必須達成最後的協議，且在其他談判持續進行時，暫時不對健康保險福利的條款細節進行討論。

新聞稿原文如下：

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 26, 2014) – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) announced today that they have reached a tentative agreement on terms for health benefits, subject to a⋯⋯greement on the other issues in the negotiations. The parties have agreed not to discuss the terms of this tentative agreement as negotiations continue

   Maintenance of health benefits (MOB) is an important part of the contract being negotiated between employers represented by the PMA and workers represented by the ILWU.
 The contract being negotiated covers nearly 20,000 longshore workers at 29 West Coast ports. The previous agreement expired at 5 p.m. on July 1, 2014. Talks began on May 12 and are continued