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However, the train thefts have created quality of life issues bad enough to make a Los Angeles Councilman, Joe Buscaino, declare UP's railroad’s properties within Districts 15 and 8 a public ...
Cargo traffic at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is at record highs. ... With the possibility of a second East Coast strike looming in the new year if dockworkers and maritime companies ...
A shortage of rail workers, not enough rail cars and importers failing to pick up their goods are causing cargo to pile up once again at the Port of Los Angeles — a key link in the U.S. supply ...
In anticipation of the official start of the strike, workers at the Port of Virginia began systematically halting operations after 8:00 a.m. EST, closing the port gates for truck deliveries at noon, issuing orders for ships to leave the port by 1:00 p.m., and ceasing cargo work at 6 p.m. [6]
2012 Port of Los Angeles / Long Beach lockout Date November 27 – December 4, 2012 (1 week) Location Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, United States Caused by Dispute over labor contract negotiations Goals Greater job security for union members against outsourcing Methods Strike action Picketing Resulted in Employers and union agree to new labor contract Parties International Longshore ...
2012 Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach strike: 2012 Los Angeles and Long Beach, California: 700 Pacific Electric Railway strike of 1903: 1903 Los Angeles: 700 1981 Schlitz strike: 1981 Milwaukee: 700 1985–1986 New Bedford fishermen's strike: 1985–86 New Bedford, Massachusetts: 700 [122] 2007 Freightliner wildcat strike: 2007 Portland ...
It is the first strike since 1977 for the International Longshoremen’s Assn., whose 47,000 members handle cargo operations at three dozen ports on the East and Gulf coasts that together receive ...
(Reuters) -U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports began reopening late on Thursday after dockworkers and port operators reached a wage deal to settle the industry's biggest work stoppage in nearly ...