[eleni121]

stevedores union in California

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Remember the shutdown a few years ago? Well the SOBs have done it again!!!

“SAN FRANCISCO, July 10 – The latest illegal West Coast work stoppages by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) shut down eight terminals in the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports today. These illegal stoppages are the latest in a series of 135 such shutdowns in the past 24 months and are costing the maritime shipping industry well over $150 million dollars, industry officials announced today.”

http://www.pmanet.org/docs/index.cfm/id_subcat/35/id_content/152

[hedgetrimmer]

Oh dear, they’re going to make China mad!

[deport]

Remember the shutdown a few years ago? Well the SOBs have done it again!!!

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Yep that was in the Christmas season of 03 I believe. In any case Walmart began making plans to move a lot of their container imports to the Houston Port and now brings in up to 28% of their container imports thru Houston via the Panama Canal.

Houston thanks the West Coast ILWU......