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No one is saying definitively yet what gave the Port of Tacoma the edge over the Port of Seattle in the contest to win the business of three container shipping lines, but Port of Tacoma officials say it wasn’t just money. Port spokeswoman Tara Mattina said Friday that Tacoma’s port has several advantages over its [...]  From TVNZ: See the TV news broadcast here Former unionist and MP Willie Jackson has urged striking Auckland wharfies to “bust their placards over scabs” to achieve their demands. Maritime Union members stepped up their strike action by stopping colleagues entering the port and delaying the arrival of two ships. Ports of Auckland chairman Richard [...] March 10: Australian port workers are refusing to unload a ship which has been worked on by non-union staff in Auckland, as long-standing industrial action reaches the other side of the Tasman. Union members at the Ports of Sydney are refusing to unload the Maersk Brani, which docked at 5am today. The ship left Auckland [...] |
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