International Longshore & Warehouse Union, Local 8 v. Port of Portland

This is the second in a pair of cases in which petitioner, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 8, seeks review of the Employment Relations Board’s (ERB) dismissal of its Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act (PECBA) complaints against the Port of Portland for lack of jurisdiction. ERB concluded that there was no jurisdiction based on the lack of an employment relationship between the Port and petitioner’s members. Petitioner argues on review that ERB erred in dismissing its complaint without a hearing, contending, among other things, that ERB’s application of the…