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Making Everything Shipshape As Panama Canal Expands, West Coast Ports Scramble to Keep Big Cargo Vessels "Craig Merrilees, a spokesman for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, said that contract talks were positive and on track"

Making Everything Shipshape
As Panama Canal Expands, West Coast Ports Scramble to Keep Big Cargo Vessels

By DIONNE SEARCEYJUNE 27, 2014

West Coast dock workers battling push to gut ILWU
http://peoplesworld.org/west-coast-dock-workers-battling-push-to-gut-ilwu/
by: PAI
june 26 2014
tags: workers, worker rights, unions, labor

SAN FRANCISCO - With their six-year contract about to expire, talks being held in San Francisco between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the managers of Pacific coastal ports are going down to the wire.

As ILWU West Coast Longshore Contract Set To Expire On July 1,
WA Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Central Labor Council holding rally to support local unions Saturday at Longview Civic Center
http://tdn.com/news/local/labor-council-holding-rally-to-support-local-u...
16 hours ago •
By The Daily News
Labor Council holding rally to support local unions negotiating contracts

Why is there concern about possible disruption at U.S. West Coast ports?
US West Coast Labor Negotiations: Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.joc.com/port-news/longshoreman-labor/international-longshore-...
TUESDAY MAY 27, 2014
Why is there concern about possible disruption at U.S. West Coast ports?

Portland ILWU port dispute leads to residential picket in Longview
http://tdn.com/news/local/0b0a0822-d7e0-11e3-ae6f-0019bb2963f4.html
5 hours ago • By Barbara LaBoe(1) Comments
The tense, ongoing union battle at the Port of Portland spilled into Cowlitz County Thursday night when a tugboat captain’s home was picketed by members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.