# ILWU Members from West Coast Ports Travel to Support KEX Grainhandlers - ILWU

> More than 300 ILWU members from West Coast ports marched at the gate of Kalama Export Company in Washington to demand equal pension and welfare benefits for KEX grain workers. The workers at the Kalama terminal receive an inferior health plan and retirement account than those at the company's Portland terminal. The dispute is ongoing and centers on labor conditions at the grain export facility.

- Date: 2017-12-19 · published 2017-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67507-ilwu-members-from-west-coast-ports-travel-to-support-kex-grainhandlers-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

Labor disputes at Pacific Northwest grain export terminals can disrupt loading schedules and export flows. Any strike would be a modest but real risk to US grain shipments.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-03 | [Grain export from the sea ports of Ukraine amounted to 506k tons — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68323-grain-export-from-the-sea-ports-of-ukraine-amounted-to-506k-tons-latifundist-com.md) | +4.7% | +0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2017-08-09 | [Grain exports from sea ports increased by 65% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69295-grain-exports-from-sea-ports-increased-by-65-latifundist-com.md) | +0.3% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-07 | [Grain transshipment in sea ports in Jan-Nov increased to 36 MT — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67332-grain-transshipment-in-sea-ports-in-jan-nov-increased-to-36-mt-latifundist-com.md) | -4.0% | -1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-05 | [Transshipment of grain from seaports in January-September increased by 11% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68319-transshipment-of-grain-from-seaports-in-january-september-increased-by-11.md) | +4.7% | +0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2017-10-16 | [Export of grains from sea ports decreased by 60% — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68320-export-of-grains-from-sea-ports-decreased-by-60-latifundist-com.md) | -0.4% | -3.9% |

## Sources

- ilwu.org: https://www.ilwu.org/ilwu-members-from-west-coast-ports-travel-to-support-kex-grainhandlers/

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