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US port workers reach tentative agreement
The Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union today announced a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract covering workers at all 29 West Coast ports.The deal will now need to be ratified by both parties. Over recent weeks, reports suggested that unions had been withholding labour.In ...
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Tensions mount at US west coast box ports over labour talks
Tensions continue to mount at US west coast container terminals as carrier groups last week accused workers of withholding labour - something that in the past has resulted in a surge in air cargo demand.Carrier group Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) said that on April 7 unions took concerted action to ...