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20 2 0 1 7 A N N U A L R E P O R T LABOR RELATIONS Port of Virginia (Norfolk) • The Jurisdiction Committee met in May, regarding ongoing jurisdiction issues around an appointment system and gate technology implementation. The issues were resolved with the parties and the Committee ruling was finalized by the end of the year. • Technology continued to successfully be deployed • For further information on the Hampton Roads Shipping Association and this port, please see PORT OF VIRGINIA, Pg. 48. Port of Wilmington, NC • Tonnage volumes began to come back in Wilmington in 2017, after the void left by the Hanjin bankruptcy in 2016. Port of Charleston • Jurisdiction issues over the South Carolina Ports Authority's (SCPA) July 2016 implementation of an automated gate system persisted in 2017. In response, several meetings took place in 2017, where we saw these issues being addressed and heading toward resolution by year's end and into the first few months of 2018. • M&R issues of production and discipline remained open topics of dis- cussion in Charleston throughout the year. Several M&R Small Committee meetings were held to address the issues. • A large quantity of longshore worker compensation claims persists in Charleston. In an effort to understand the nature of these claims, the Co-Chairs of the M&R Small Committee spoke at two union M&R meetings on the topics of workplace safety and production. • The deck and dock issue has been raised in Charleston. The Jurisdiction Committee will most likely be dispatched to Charles- ton in 2018 to hear the claims. • The development of the SCSPA Charleston Navy Base Intermodal Facility continues to be a topic of concern for the ILA, with manning, in particular, being the main issue of contention. • Charleston Local 1422 (Longshore) withdrew from the ILA's local dis- trict contract bargaining unit, in order to bargain on their own. This withdrawal affects bargaining on a local level, not on a Master Contract level. • For further information on the South Carolina Stevedores Association and this port, please see PORT OF CHARLESTON, Pg. 50 Port of Savannah • Savannah saw another record year in volume growth. • Local 1475 (Clerks and Checkers) withdrew from their local district contract bargaining unit in order to bargain locally on their own (does not affect the master contract ONLY the local district contract). • For further information on the Georgia Stevedore Association and this port, please see PORT OF SAVANNAH, Page 52. Port of Jacksonville • Issues arose surrounding jurisdiction over technology and gate inspec- tions at the TraPac Container Terminal. Meetings took place and the parties continue to work through the issue. • For further information on the Jacksonville Maritime Association and this port, please see PORT OF JACKSONVILLE, Page 54. Port of Miami • Gate technology was finally implemented by the end of the first quarter of 2017. • In Local 1922, Albert Jardiness replaced Bobby Fiore as Business Agent, and Anthony Arrufat replaced Butch Vanderwyde as Secretary Treasurer. • For further information on the Southeast Florida Employers Port As- sociation and its member ports, please see PORTS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, Page 56. Port of Tampa • ILA local 1402 was put under trusteeship by the International. Wilbert Rowell was installed there as the trustee. Port of New Orleans • The Jurisdiction Committee was dispatched in June. All open issues were heard and resolved. The Committee issued a ruling on August 28, 2017. • For further information on the Midgulf Association of Stevedores and this port, please see PORT OF NEW ORLEANS, Page 58. Port of Mobile • The Jurisdiction Committee was requested for assistance with several topics, including "time keeping." Conflicting schedules precluded the Committee's visit in 2017, but it hopes to schedule a time during 2018. • The port saw the successful implementation of OCR in 2017.

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