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DGX - Dependable Global Express

6/1/2022

Dear Valued Customer,

The following is provided for your information:

 
Holiday Schedules

The offices listed below will be closed for the holiday as follows:

  New Zealand

  Queen’s Birthday

  June 6

  Australia

  Western Australia Day (PER)

  June 6

  Australia

  Queen’s Birthday (SYD, MEL, ADL)

  June 13

  New Zealand

  Matariki

  June 24


Please remember that certain offices are across the International Dateline. The dates above for the non-USA offices holidays are their dates, not the actual U.S. date.


ILWU Contract Negotiations

With the current contract between 22,000 port workers and employers due to expire on July 1 2022, many on the West Coast have been waiting in nervous anticipation. 

Contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) employer group started in early May. On May 23, the ILWU suddenly suspended labor talks but these are set to resume on June 1.

These labor talks are taking place during a crucial time given several major events expected to overlap each other at once with Christmas merchandise expected to soon arrive at West Coast ports along with a predicted surge in consumer imports as China looks to lift its lockdowns on June 1.

Any stop to these labor talks would have tremendous damaging effects on an already strained global trade. An agreement must be reached by June 30 to avoid any disruptions to all West Coast port operations.  


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Should you have any questions, please contact your local DGX office or representative, or call us at 888-488-4888 or at 310-669-8888.


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