# Kalama Export dockworkers rally for benefits that meet the industry standard | Longshore & Shipping News

> About 300 longshoremen marched at the Port of Kalama, Washington, on 8 November to press for benefits matching those at Pacificor's Portland terminal. ILWU Local 21 represents 46 workers at Kalama Export, a grain export terminal owned by ADM, Marubeni and Mitsubishi, and talks have stalled for three years.

- Date: 2017-11-10 · published 2017-11-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67992-kalama-export-dockworkers-rally-for-benefits-that-meet-the-industry-standard
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A labor dispute at a US grain export terminal raises the risk of strikes that could slow grain loadings from the Pacific Northwest, a modest upward factor for export basis and freight.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

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| WHEAT | 2018-11-06 | [Dockworkers action to shut 34 vessels out of Lagos ports \| The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62064-dockworkers-action-to-shut-34-vessels-out-of-lagos-ports-the-guardian-nigeria.md) | +0.1% | +1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-20 | [CN Rail strike comes at 'probably the worst time' in Thunder Bay shipping season \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56078-cn-rail-strike-comes-at-probably-the-worst-time-in-thunder-bay-shipping-season.md) | +0.9% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- longshoreshippingnews.com: https://longshoreshippingnews.com/2017/11/kalama-export-dockworkers-rally-for-better-benefits/

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