# Local 19 Votes 93% in favor of LDC grain agreement - ILWU

> ILWU Local 19 longshore workers at the Port of Seattle's North Harbor grain terminal ratified a new contract with Louis Dreyfus Company by a 93% vote. The deal achieves wage parity with TEMCO and is intended to set a benchmark for talks with other foreign-owned grain exporters.

- Date: 2021-11-08 · published 2021-11-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44088-local-19-votes-93-in-favor-of-ldc-grain-agreement-ilwu
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The contract settles labour costs at a Pacific Northwest grain terminal and lowers the risk of a near-term strike there, with limited effect on prices.

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| WHEAT | 2025-07-30 | [Unions vote in favour of protected action at CBH Kwinana - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23752-unions-vote-in-favour-of-protected-action-at-cbh-kwinana-grain-central.md) | -0.7% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-10-02 | [CN Rail, Union Reach Tentative Agreement \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50672-cn-rail-union-reach-tentative-agreement-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.9% | +3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-05 | [Victorian grain trains ready to roll as agreement reached - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71044-victorian-grain-trains-ready-to-roll-as-agreement-reached-grain-central.md) | -1.3% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-06-11 | [Ukraine: in the first week of June, the seaports halved grain shipment volumes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58443-ukraine-in-the-first-week-of-june-the-seaports-halved-grain-shipment-volumes.md) | -4.7% | -8.3% |
| WHEAT | 2019-07-08 | [Ukraine: in the first week of July, the seaports increased grain shipment volumes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57939-ukraine-in-the-first-week-of-july-the-seaports-increased-grain-shipment-volumes.md) | -1.2% | -3.8% |

## Sources

- ilwu.org: https://www.ilwu.org/local-19-votes-93-in-favor-of-ldc-grain-agreement/

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