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https://cdn.livingstonintl.com/livingston-content/uploads/2016/04/25230252/as-2014-dragged-on-the-international-longshore-and-warehouse-union-ilwu-_1733_40119513_0_14070700_500.jpg500334As 2014 dragged on the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) began to toss verbal barbs at each other because their contract negotiations reached an impasse. In late 2015 and early 2016, the collaboration of the two organizations was key to bringing the largest ship to ever call on a North American port to Southern California.