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HCONRES 500 107th Congress House Labor and Employment Civil actions and liability Collective bargaining agreements Injunctions Labor disputes Labor unions Law Lockouts Longshoremen Marine terminals Mediation Pacific States (U.S.) Transportation and Public Works

Expressing the sense of Congress that the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union should enter into mediation to resolve the ongoing west coast port shutdown…

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Expressing the sense of Congress that the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union should enter into mediation to resolve the ongoing west coast port shutdown and that other options should be taken if these negotiations fail.

Introduced: October 7, 2002 Introduced by: Graves, Sam Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Nov 14, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Oct 7, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Oct 7, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) should enter into mediation, while adopting 24-hour extensions of the expired collective bargaining agreement; and (2) if a settlement is not reached, the President should direct the Attorney General to petition any U.S. district court having jurisdiction of these parties to enjoin a strike or lock-out or its continuation.
What's happening now November 14, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 500: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union should enter into mediation to resolve the ongoing west coast port shutdown and that other options should be taken if these negotiations fail.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-500/
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"H. Con. Res. 500: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union should enter into mediation to resolve the ongoing west coast port shutdown and that other options should be taken if these negotiations fail.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-500/.
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H. Con. Res. 500, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-500/.
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[H. Con. Res. 500: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union should enter into mediation to resolve the ongoing west coast port shutdown and that other options should be taken if these negotiations fail.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-500/)
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