Rio Tinto, a London-based mining giant with operations on five continents, has been negotiating with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 30 for the last five months. “They are locking out workers and telling...
Read MoreOn the heels of a partnership with Kia to export vehicles last year, the Port of Grays harbor now expects between 17,000 and 25,000 Chrysler vehicles to come in from Detroit. The vehicles will be headed across the Pacific to...
Read MoreGlobal shipping giant Maersk is axing almost 30% of the jobs at its Liverpool-based UK headquarters and has backtracked on a promise to create scores of others. Now the region’s inward investment agencies plan to hold talks with...
Read More“Overall west coast container traffic declined by 15 per cent. Fairview Terminal is the only container port on the west coast that has shown growth in 2009,” said Prince Rupert Port Authority’s President and CEO. “We’re the only...
Read MoreLate last summer, Local 8 longshore worker Jim Daw was driving to work at the Port of Portland when he saw a woman being attacked beside the road. Without hesitation, Daw stopped his pick-up and approached the struggle. Daw saw...
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