Labor author and photographer David Bacon wrotes at TruthOut.org: North Carolina has one of the lowest percentages of union members in the country. Yet in this non-union bastion, thousands of farm workers, some of the...
Read MoreThe Journal of Commerce reports: The Port of New York and New Jersey remained closed on Wednesday, while all other ports in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic reopened by Wednesday morning following the passage of Hurricane Sandy....
Read MoreA global race for grain trading power is putting more of the world’s vital cereals in the hands of fewer companies, with a string of recent acquisitions raising fears that consumers will pay even more for their food, while...
Read MoreWaterfront workers today are protesting at major ports and stevedoring headquarters around Australia to demand a national safety code, following the death of 56 year-old Newcastle wharfie, Greg Fitzgibbon last month. A 20 tonne...
Read MoreThe Presidents of six major maritime labor unions announced today their endorsement of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for re-election. The maritime labor unions endorsing the President are: the American...
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