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Biden Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su engaged in tense West Coastline port contract negotiations
Julie Su testifies prior to a Senate Wellness, Training, Labor and Pensions Committee listening to on her nomination to be Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2023. Amanda Andrade-rhoades | Reuters President Biden’s Performing Labor Secretary Julie Su is in recent conversation with labor and port administration representatives in an effort […]
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$5.2 billion in cargo stuck off West Coastline ports in truck and container bottleneck
A image of Fenix Maritime Companies rail terminal on June 8, 2023, taken by a trucker. The “sluggish and go” pace of the Global Longshore and Warehouse Union workforce at West Coast ports has slowed floor port productivity to a crawl. As a consequence, source chain intelligence organization MarineTraffic information reveals what it is calling […]
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West Coast port labor troubles persist from Los Angeles to Seattle, with provide chain annoyance mounting
A container ship is revealed at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, November 22, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters Just hours just after the reopening of the West Coastline ports on Monday following numerous closures that began at the Port of Oakland final Friday when some union staff refused to report for […]
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Most significant terminal at Long Beach, California port will not open up Monday following having hit by labor turmoil
The major terminal operator at the Port of Extensive Beach front and Seattle informed truckers Sunday it will close for both the working day and evening shifts on Monday, according to an e mail acquired by CNBC. TTI email to trucking consumers of terminal closures Monday amidst labor turmoil The observe was despatched by Full […]
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California and other Western states lead in unhealthy levels of air pollution, report shows
Smoke hangs over the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images California and other Western states are experiencing dirtier air quality due to worsening heat, drought and wildfires, and communities of color are disproportionately exposed to pollution, according to a report published […]
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East Coast ports including New York are winning a domestic trade war at the expense of California
A container crane stands idle at the Port of Los Angeles amid a cargo slowdown on November 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The country’s busiest container port complex, the ports of Los Angeles and neighboring Long Beach, saw imports of shipping containers drop 26 percent in October compared with the same month in 2021. […]
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Railroad bottleneck at nation’s busiest West Coast ports reaches inflection point
A Union Pacific freight train carries goods east near Palm Springs, California, a key link in the roadways and railways that connect the southern California metropolitan areas, as well as the busiest port complex in the nation, with the rest of the U.S. David Mcnew | Getty Images News | Getty Images Rail congestion from […]
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Restaurants are getting creative with menus to counter soaring food costs
Long Beach Fish Grill’s menu board Source: Jessica Dinglasan Jessica Dinglasan, owner of Long Beach Fish Grill in Long Beach, California, never used to write “market price” on her menu. But now the halibut fish she sources costs more than $30 a pound, nearly double what it was a year ago, and the 13-gallon container […]
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