U.S. West Coast Port Pay Talks Hinge on Health-Care Costs
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The Obama administration’s $150 million tax on health insurance for 20,000 dockworkers at West Coast ports is complicating contract negotiations whose failure could shut down 29 ports at a cost of $2 billion a day.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and their employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association said they’re discussing whether workers, shippers or both should foot the bill for the Affordable Care Act’s 40 percent tax on the most generous health-care plans, which takes effect in 2018.