Dear Mr. President,

We understand that the Administration is considering intervention in the contract negotiations between the PMA and the ILWU. The ILWU and PMA have an outstanding record of providing efficient operations at our West Coast ports, especially in times of war, emergency and national crisis. They have successfully settled every contract negotiation for the last tree decades with no disruption to the transportation of goods. We strongly believe that the parties should be left to resolve their differences through good-faith bargaining. We urge you not to intervene in this ongoing negotiation. We believe that any such intervention would be harmful to the swift resolution of this negotiation.