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The articles excerpted on this site report on the state of the industry as seen by mainstream media, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the officers of the ILWU Coast Longshore Division.

El Callao debe seguir siendo puerto estatal

Peruvian Congressman and dockworker Luis Negreiros, center, last summer met with the ILWU Coast Longshore Division to discuss problems in Callao. Also pictured are Coast Committeemen Leal Sundet and Ray Ortiz, Jr.

[ENGLISH SUMMARY: In the following interview, Peruvian Congressman and union dockworker Luis Negreiros says the recent concession of Terminal Norte in [...]

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US, Mexico Sign Cross-Border Trucking Pact

“If the agreement is good for the U.S. why the hell is [U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood] sneaking down there to sign it?” said Jim Johnston, president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, which represents more than 160,000 independent truckers.

Read about the agreement in the Journal of Commerce

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Port of Oakland adopts 2011-12 budget

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners last week adopted a 2011-2012 fiscal year operating budget of $296.6 million, a 1.8 percent increase over anticipated fiscal year 2011 actuals and a 5 percent increase over the current fiscal 2011 budget, which was focused on stabilizing the port after the Great Recession.

“We remain cautiously optimistic that [...]

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Longshoremen take a day to remember

Longshoremen march in a funeral procession for strikers killed by police officers, July 1934, San Francisco, CA. The event is commemorated every year in every West Coast port.

“An injury to one is an injury to all,” proclaims a sign at the headquarters of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 12 near the North [...]

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Indian Port Trucker Strike Ends

From the Journal of Commerce:

A five-day-old trucker strike at India’s Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal ended late Wednesday following talks between union leaders and terminal operator DP World.

The Trade Union Coordination Committee, representing all labor groups in the terminal, walked out on July 2, protesting the Dubai-based company’s decision to ban the entry [...]

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