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a union request to change the rules for removing local arbitrators who
decide on workplace issues. Inside sources say the real sticking point
lies in union leaders' wish to fire local South California arbitrator David
Miller, who could not be reached for comment.
"It's crazy, and you can quote me," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
said Thursday, after spending Wednesday in San Francisco trying to
help move the talks forward.
"It is highly disappointing that with so much at stake, you have not
been able to come up with a path forward on this one remaining issue,"
wrote California Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein in a joint
letter to the PMA and ILWU.
Right now, both sides have to agree to appoint and fire arbitrators.
However, according to the employers, the union wants either side to
be able to remove local arbitrators at the end of a labor contract.
Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Los Angeles), a union supporter, said ILWU leaders
have told her that Miller is "too close" to employers.
Garcetti said Thursday that "the whole contract could be wrapped up in
a matter of hours if this last issue is overcome."
For more of the USA Today story:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2015/02/20/portsdispute/23725229/
For more of the Los Angeles Times story:
http://www.latimes.com/local/cityhall/la-fi-port-politics-20150220story.html