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Contract negotiators for U.S. West Coast ports reach tentative deal

By GFM Network News, Steve Gorman February 21, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters — A group of shipping companies and a powerful dockworkers union clinched a tentative labour deal on Friday after nine months of negotiations, settling a dispute that disrupted the flow of cargo through 29 U.S. West Coast ports and snarled trans-Pacific maritime trade with Asia. The settlement, confirmed in a joint

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U.S. labour secretary to help reach West Coast port deal

By GFM Network News February 16, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters — U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez will travel to California to help broker an agreement between shipping companies and dockworkers in a dispute that has led to a partial shutdown of ports along the U.S. West Coast, the White House said on Saturday. The move by the Obama administration came after

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U.S. farmers hit hard by labour strife at West Coast ports

By GFM Network News, Steve Gorman February 13, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– Protracted labour strife and shipping disruptions at U.S. West Coast ports have hit farmers especially hard, posing a major barrier to perishable goods headed to overseas markets and resulting in losses estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars a week. Foreign Pacific Rim customers facing chronic delays in shipments of

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U.S. West Coast ports undergo partial shutdown

By GFM Network News, Steve Gorman February 12, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– The 29 ports on the U.S. West Coast were effectively closed to cargo freighters for the second time in less than a week on Thursday under a partial shutdown imposed by shipping lines and terminal operators in an escalating labour dispute with the dockworkers’ union. The loading and unloading of

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U.S. shippers say West Coast ports near gridlock on stalled contract talks

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 13, 2015

San Francisco | Reuters — Cargo traffic at several of the biggest U.S. West Coast ports has slowed to near gridlock, negotiators for shipping lines and terminal operators for 29 ports said on Monday as contract talks with the dockworkers’ union remain strained. Union officials however have denied staging slowdowns, saying some of decisions by

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Contract negotiators for U.S. West Coast ports reach tentative deal

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U.S. shippers say West Coast ports near gridlock on stalled contract talks

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