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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 [...]  “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 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 [...] 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 [...] 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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