Hooks v. International Longshore & Warehouse Union, Local 8

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

MICHAEL H. SIMON, District Judge.

This matter is one of five separate but related actions arising from a labor dispute at Terminal 6 at the Port' of Portland. Briefly stated, the dispute concerns who is entitled to perform the work of plugging in, unplugging, and monitoring refrigerated shipping containers (the “reefer work”) at the container facility at Terminal 6 (“Terminal 6”).1 The International Long-shore and Warehouse Union (“ILWU”) and the Pacific Maritime Association (“PMA”) contend that their collective bargaining agreement — the Pacific Coast *1171Lon…