A three-woman, three-man jury failed to reach a verdict at the weekend in misdemeanor charges filed against International Longshore and Warehouse Union President Robert McEllrath, apparently ending the year-long litigation that...
Read MorePres. McEllrath is the latest in a long line of workers prosecuted by Cowlitz County for labor demonstrations last summer; Local small business owner says County law enforcement should close chapter and focus legal resources on...
Read MoreThe Journal of Commerce reported Friday: Negotiators for the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance have completed two days of negotiations that yielded what an ILA spokesman said was...
Read MoreTestimony began Thursday afternoon in the trial of the highest-ranking longshoreman arrested in last year’s dispute over hiring practices between union dockworkers and owners of the EGT grain terminal at the Port of...
Read MoreNicaragua’s president, Daniel Ortega’s latest proposal is to build a canal that would be similar to Panama’s at an estimated cost of $30bn – about four times as much as Nicaragua’s gross domestic product. The project...
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