Talks with LA/LB clerks break down, disruption 'likely' Talks between the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employers Association, a group representing 14 steamship lines and terminals, and clerical workers represented by the International Longshore Workers Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit (OCU) have broken down. The harbor employers said in a statement Tuesday morning that "after weeks of negotiations during which the harbor employers believed that progress had been made towar...