PORT ANGELES — Local 27 dockworkers say they are ready, able and willing to work.
The problem is, they’re locked out.
That’s leaves the 46 members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 27 in limbo, local President Tom Jacobsen said Tuesday.
Some members are picketing. Others, like Jacobsen, plan to work.
“If they call us, we’re going,” Jacobsen said.
Even if they don’t get called out, Jacobsen said some longshorement are reporting to work.
This Friday, Jacobsen said about 10 union workers from Port Angeles are heading to Seattle to work on a cruise ship, under a special agreement to keep cruise ships operating.
They’ll be working without pay, and no hope of being reimbursed for their time, Jacobsen said.
“This will be money out of our pockets,” he said, noting Peninsula longshoremen and other dock workers are the victims of a power struggle between the union and Pacific Maritime Association, which represents shipping companies and terminal operators.
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