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Logistec and ILA representatives urge local hiring, cite compliance with port tariff
Summary
A Logistec representative and a business agent for ILA Local 2047 told the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District the company employs local longshore labor, complies with port licensing tariff requirements, and urged the board to use local union labor.
At the Aug. 28 meeting a representative of Logistec and a business agent for International Longshoremen’s Association Local 2047 addressed the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District during the public comment portion of the agenda to emphasize local hiring and to describe compliance with port licensing rules. Jennifer Maddox, who identified herself as a Logistec employee and a City of Lake Charles resident, told the board Logistec has operated at the port since February 2011, works at approximately 90 marine terminals in the U.S. and Canada, and employs 15…
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