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| Billions at risk as West Coast port contract nears end |
| 2014-06-26 |
[FOXNEWS] The West Coast ports that are America's gateway for hundreds of billions of dollars of trade with Asia and beyond are no stranger to labor unrest and even violence. Now, the contract that covers nearly 20,000 dockworkers is set to expire, and businesses that trade in everything from apples to iPhones are worried about disruptions just as the crush of cargo for the back-to-school and holiday seasons begins.With contentious issues including benefits and job security on the table, smooth sailing is no guarantee. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Didn't that operations/security contract go to Oman? Good time to drive up the cost, reduce the revenue and bring it back home. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-06-26 17:09 |
| #9 The dock workers in SF have always been led by Commie agitators. Harry Bridges. |
| Posted by: Vespasian Oppressor of the Visigoths8235 2014-06-26 13:48 |
| #8 This has always been the problem with unions. They demand and demand until the company can't pay them anymore. Then business goes elsewhere and everyone that was in the union is out of a job. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-06-26 11:31 |
| #7 Combine this with the news that port deepening projects got the green light, and I see a lot more ships heading Gulf/East Coast. |
| Posted by: BA 2014-06-26 09:47 |
| #6 With the Chinese expanding the Panama canal (for future shipping to the Gulf and East Coast) and the Mexicans actually expanding their shipping and rail system south of San Diego, this may be the last chance to Not that we couldn't do without the lifeline of loads of Chinese plastic trinkets and textiles for long. Maybe if some of that stuff was actually manufactured Stateside, some of the business wouldn't be subject to such supply interruption. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-06-26 09:11 |
| #5 Less(Far less, think Impeachment.)than two year remaining for Obama to screw things up, vote Republican and end this Obamafuckup. |
| Posted by: Redeck Jim 2014-06-26 07:00 |
| #4 Good thing all of this turmoil and unhappiness is taking place here in the States. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-06-26 05:42 |
| #3 I'm sure O & Co won't let this opportunity go to waste. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-06-26 03:57 |
| #2 Well, look at it this way, there's all sorts of illegal slaves now to replace the dock workers. Isn't our new Obama Slave class wonderful? |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2014-06-26 01:51 |
| #1 Why aren't the anti trust laws used against the union since it has a defacto monopoly on the labor. Just curious. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-06-26 01:14 |