The port reported that its container terminal was shut when unionized workers refused to work due to a staffing dispute.
The Oakland port handles the third greatest volume of containers of any West Coast port, after only the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which are the nation's largest ports. It is the sixth largest container port nationwide.
The West Coast ports are linchpins to trade between the U.S. and Asia.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which has 20,000 members at 29 West Coast ports, and the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents management for ports and shipping lines there, reached a tentative agreement on a five-year contract on February 20.
The talks dragged on for nearly a year, and during the last four months traffic through the ports slowed to a crawl. Management accused workers of illegally taking action to slow traffic, a charge the union denied.
But two days after the settlement, an arbitrator ruled the union was engaged in an illegal strike that shut down most of the Oakland operations. Wednesday's dispute affected the container terminal -- the key operation at the port.
Related: Labor secretary says damage was done by port dispute
Management representatives charged that the union local in Oakland is demanding three workers for every crane used at the terminal, even though every unionized terminal has two workers per crane.
Union spokespeople and officers with Local 10 were not available for comment early Thursday morning.
CNNMoney (New York) March 12, 2015: 11:26 AM ET
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