Day: March 27, 2013

Nearly 100 union backers arrested in protest of Cosmopolitan

Mar 27, 2013

They sat in the middle of Las Vegas Boulevard and waited for the cops to throw them in jail. But the nearly 100 members of the Culinary Union Local 226 were not quiet in their waiting, blocking traffic for an hour Wednesday...

Port of Oakland Container Activity Up

Mar 27, 2013

Monthly container volumes at the Port of Oakland surged more than 12 percent in February 2013, as shippers in Asia increasingly moved goods West prior to the start of Lunar New Year celebrations. Oakland terminals moved a total...