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R E P O R T PA G E 5 EVOLUTION Icontmued fr~m Page 4) USMX, m conjunction with its port 2010 ]* assochation and terminal operator members, USMX participates in the e~lrollment of 18,000 longshore workers in the TWIC program. USMX and ILA jointly produce 11 different video/workbook pro- * grams as part of a new Mainte- Ilance and Repair Worker Safety Training Series 2 ~ 9 Facing the Great Recession, USMX and ILA agree to negouate an early extension to the Master Contract, due to expire on September 30, 2010 The new extension addresses the industry's problems: Creates a new fund, CRS, to protect local ports against fnnge benefit shortfalls Reduces MILA funding, in light of MILA's surplus Discontinues CFS funding, m light of CFS's surplus. Suspends Container Royalty as- sessments up to $42 million to offset negotiated wage and ben- efit increase due on October 1, 2009 ~ Establishes a Uered wage sys- tem that sets a starting rate of $20 an hour and, over a nine- year period, pays longshore workers higher wages as they remain in the industry The USMX-ILA Jurisdiction Com- mittee addresses and resolves dis- pules in Baltimore, Hampton Roads, Mobile, Philadelphia and Savannah CAP program ends. TonIlage drops below 100 million tons to 97 million tons After tailing in 2009, tonnage in- creases to 106 million tons C~P.-5 provides $41 million in assis- tance to the local ports and dis- tricts¸ ILA manhours approach 27 million¸ Jurisdiction Committee addresses new issues in Savannah and Phila- delphia, while monitoring the agreements put into place in Hampton Roads, Baltimore, and Philadelphia¸ USMX and NYSA settle the Port of Discovery litigation with the ILA with an agreement stating that loaded containers are not subject to the Port of Discovery program¸ After the ILA shuts down the Port of New York and New Jersey for two days with a strike, the industry c o m m e n c e s l e g a l a c t i o n t o r e c o v e r the damages caused by the ILA's unlawful action. ~e USMX Board of Directors was restructured¸ ~nis resulted in a re- duction in the total number of Di- rectors from 21 to 13 USMX continues the long-range goals of controlling the costs of ne- gotiating and administering the Master Contract. USMX appoints Ma~lagement Ne- gotiating Committees and Sub- committees from among the Board of Directors USMX continues to refine the methods of Master Contract data collection and utilization ACD and ILA conventions are scheduled for July in Hollywood, b~orida. MILA provides vision and dental coverage to all parucipants.

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