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] R E P O R T Reluctant Retiree (contlmted ]rom Page 6) deadline with great uncertainty, when the only thing that seemed to be reliable was that there would be a strike, a Taft Hat tley Injunction, a cooling off period and at its tetTnination, a resumption of the s h-ike It wasn't until the mid I970s that things began to change and an a g r e e m e n t o n a n ~ w c o n t r a c t was reached without a major strike¸ This happy circumstance has repeated itse] f in the inter venmg years¸ Major reasons for th~.s change, I believe, were containerization and intermoda] ism, which had come to maturity or at ]east to adolescence To put it simply, cargo could find other outlets if the East Coast was tied up in a strike or a lockout¸ While not fully recognizing it by its name, the parties were discovering something called mutual interest bargaining and coming to the bargaining tame with new attitudes¸ So, as the parties sharpen their pencils and update their computer models, as the C O I X S U ] t a n t s a n d a c t u [ l I l e s d o their studies and make their suggestions, as the at tomeys craft the language of new proposals, I remain on the sidelines, ever interested and hopeful of a successful outcome of the hargalrang There is always a great deal of pressure on those revolved in the nagotia tions, that is on the members of the ILA Wage Scale Committee, on the negotiating committee membern of the USMX, on the local Port AssOCiations and ILA locals, which also have to do their "thing" with the local agl ee~ ments, on the leaders of both sides This tlu~e, there is the additional pressure on all thone revolved, occasioned by the dire economic straits in which they find themselves h would seem that there will be an even greater interent than usual m these negotiations by thone m local, state and tedera] g o v e l ~ n / e n t s , f o r s o n 3 u c h i s a t stake It is agaiz~ t this background that this retiree offers his sincere hope for a peaceful and tan conclusion to the new contract negotiatioD~ Perhaps, by this time next year, there will be an early ChDstmas present to the industry m the announcement by USMX and the ILA that a contract agreemen[ has ]seen t~aehed a contract thai will eD~ure stability in our i n d u s t r y w e l l i n a d v a n c e o f the September 30, 2010 deadline and for several years thereafter Such a scenario would prove once again not only thai the playern in the bargaining love our industry, but also that they love this country Wdllam ] Detweiler Contributor, USMX Report presldenL P~D Consulting Retlre~ Maritime ~dustry wIImdlwlr~aoI com P A G E 7 Cell Phones for Soldiers in 2009 In an effort to provide support to US troops stationed overseas, the staff of USMX will be collect ing old cell phones, Blackberrys and pDAs for donation to Cell Phones Jor Soldiers, a charity founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from NorwelL Massachusetts, with $2I of then own money The old devices are sent to ReCellnlat~ which pays the charity, for each donated device, enough money to provide an hour of talk time t, soldiers abroad The 501c3 non ptx~fit has raised almost $2 million in donations and has distributed more than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to s o l d i e r ~ s e l V l r t ~ o v e r s e a s Through increased fundraising efforts, the Berquist lamily hopes to raise mote than $9 million in the next four years to ~nd new prog~ ares, such as providing video phonen with prepaid service to all soldiers abroad to see then tamilies on a regular basis Please send yore old cell phonan, Blackberrys and pDAs to USMX headquartern We will collect them and send them to the chanty on behalf of USMX Thank you for your assistance

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