West Coast dockworker labor talks strained over lunch-break spat

Port operations in Los Angeles and Long Beach have been challenged by disagreements over lunch breaks in the ongoing labor negotiations between West Coast dockworkers and their employers.
Photo: Damian Dovarganes/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Damian Dovarganes/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
By Laura Curtis, bloomberg news

Negotiations over a new labor contract for West Coast dockworkers are under increasing strain as their employers say a failure to spread out lunch breaks has disrupted operations at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach since Wednesday.

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