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I)al'hl J. 'fq~lan Chairman June 7. 2001 Mucb "e.ork rem;dns Io be done in the area of labor [urisdiedon, par ficalady in Ille enlplo ~'mellt of new technologies to increase produc fidly today ~ld train ILA members for ibe workplace of tomorrov*~ The exlension of the cofiec/ive bargaining agreement until 2004 affords labor and m~agemel~l lae rare luxury of lime in prepare fur the eb,'dlanges thai All lace both parties in the SEcond haft of the decade. 1 include bere the future direction of file IIA and, indeed, tfie structure of managemem itsdfwithin file Colmcil, !be Ullited Slales Maritime Alliance, Lid. (Ufi3LX). and ofiler inthtslry groups, As in .all furman endeavol; eMtge in our industry is inexilable witaess the rapid COllsobdafiOllS hi oce;i fl {rallspor t and Oll the wa[erfront, "X~e il~ m~ttlagenlell[ intlst I}e Siile thai die $[lllCItlre$ We c F~.lte to repfesetlt nee311 c~ ffiers~ the porB, the tel"fldllal operators and stevedores, tall in laet meel ollr cbailfihlg needs in collaeti~ ba Fg,tblillg. ~flle ILA musl also look to its o~n fulure. la that light, we have completed .a ligorous mlail~is of the appropriate roles of CCC, USE(, td others, Ill bartdling fulure eollecti~ bargafoing, As I write, we are putting in place more ~able management slt~ cltlres to meet tbat goal. From my perspecli~, tile besl W;ty 10 manage change in onr marbinle industry is to broeden and strengthen tbe t~fo of U~51X, wbile presetting the Carriers Container Couacil :ts a significant aad firo~ing force itl collective bargaining and administrafion or the managea~ent side. I illfite all of ollr Council tfirevlot~ In par fieipate in the necessary ~estructttring, alld l Ifiatlb tbetn .all for their cottttibutions and their lofl~' over tile p:tsl }'eat: I appreciate the trust the)' ba~e placed fil hie ~ls Co~lneii Clndrman I especially want to thank o~ltgobtg directors Ed bforgan aaff Palfi Lundberg During file ~'ear. ~e v.elcomed Ed Kefiy and Totly Petrizzo to our board. For fileir yeorllafl [~ror k Jtl illeelirlg bead orl so Inallf' contentious iSSUes on so many fl'oIItSl my parlicular tha~lks to our piesident aaff exeeulive direelor, Bernie De Lul3; and Ifis Jel~eI' Cily staff, and also Io vice preside~lts ard regional directors Bill Detwefier. Jimmy .~lchlire .and walter N'iemm~d arid their field staffs Wilb their support, and that of our dlrectoes mid menthet~;, I have lid doubt filat we w~l~ siirmoutlt the nlany ebafienges ofa r~pidly cfimlging illllasiry ill the years allead