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To: Libbyt who wrote (4682)	10/3/2002 6:24:42 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 57110

yes...i have... and for what....scanners vs. clerks doing manual order entry? from the cnn article.. Management is seeking to have data from outside sources, such as shipping lines and their customers, downloaded into PMA computers rather than having it re-entered manually by ILWU clerks. Management says that it will provide job guarantees for current ILWU members as well as improved benefits to win that greater use of technology. The union is demanding jurisdiction over other work and staffing level guarantees to allow the use of the technology, but PMA has rejected that offer as unworkable