Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO news release: WASHINGTON, DC — Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) issues this statement on the contract impasse between TTD member...
Read MoreRepresentatives of Northwest grain terminals that export half the nation’s wheat issued a statement Thursday blasting the longshore union and extending their final contract offer until Dec. 8. Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers...
Read MoreFrom Northwest Public Radio: A possible strike or lock out at Northwest grain terminals would have a profound effect on U.S. wheat exports. Longshoremen in Portland have been in tense labor negotiations that could affect six...
Read MoreExcerpts from Wednesday’s Columbian: Brad Clark, president of the ILWU Local No. 4 in Vancouver — which has 203 longshore workers — said “our interest is to continue to go to work.” He said the union has...
Read MoreThe International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today reacted angrily to reports that trade union representatives’ phone calls had been bugged by their employers at the port of Los Angeles, USA. Speaking from Cyprus, where...
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