Dock Dispatch System Rejected.Dock workers at the nation's busiest harbor complex have overwhelmingly rejected a measure to computerize com·put·er·ize tr.v. com·put·er·ized, com·put·er·iz·ing, com·put·er·iz·es 1. To furnish with a computer or computer system. 2. To enter, process, or store (information) in a computer or system of computers. the dispatch hall that serves the ports of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Long Beach. Mike Freese, president of Local 13 of the International Longshore long·shore adj. Occurring, living, or working along a seacoast. [Short for alongshore.] and Warehouse Union, suggested the rejection was due to workers' distrust of employers, who are paying for the $1 million computer system but designing it along with the union. Employers want to computerize the dispatch hall because workers aren't getting to the job on time. The Pacific Maritime Association The Pacific Maritime Association represents shipping companies and terminal operators. In a 2002 dispute with a longshoremen's union, 10,500 dockworkers were locked out because of an alleged slowdown. President George W. Bush is expected to invoke a cooling off period. , which represents shipping companies and terminal operators, estimates that workers start 15 to 30 minutes late on average, reducing annual productivity by 7 percent. |
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