Clerical workers at Pier 400 walked off the job to protest their inability to negotiate new contracts with terminal operators. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63’s Office Clerical Unit has been trying...
Read MoreMembers of the ITF-affiliated International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 18 sprang into action when they learned that the ship lacked sufficient food provisions and that the crew members were desperately hungry....
Read MoreExcerpts from the Portland Business Journal: Last Monday, the grain shippers presented what its calling its “last, best and final offer to the union,” said spokesman Pat McCormick. That offer expires at midnight Wednesday. “The...
Read MoreFrom MSNBC: Archer Daniels Midland last week bid for Australia’s last independent grain handler GrainCorp , the latest in a series of moves by grain trading heavyweights to grab a larger slice of a booming market as...
Read MorePORTLAND, Ore. – Security Officers at the Port of Portland signed an agreement with officials Saturday evening just 12 hours before a looming 6a.m. Sunday strike deadline that threatened to shut the Port over a dispute involving...
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