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Day: March 4, 2015

DeFazio urges defeat of controversial trade deal

News release from the office of Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) March 4, 2015 Proposed trade deal would devastate U.S. manufacturing Washington, D.C. – With Congress preparing to consider Trade Promotion Authority at any time,...

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Panamanian longshore workers join the ILWU

From labor author David Bacon, in the Dispatcher: Panama City, Panama – You see a lot of parked taxis in the parking lot at the Panama Ports terminal here. They’re not waiting to give rides to longshoremen. Dockworkers...

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Maersk CEO: 25,000 TEU Ships ‘Not Practical’

Maersk Line CEO Soren Skou has said that although ships with capacities of 25,000 TEU are possible, they are not practical, and expects 18,000-19,000-TEU container ships to remain the largest traversing the oceans for years to...

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