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Source: Working Families Party
ILWU Local 94 longshore worker Steve Saggiani was killed in a waterfront accident on January 19, 2012, at the age of 47. OSHA announced Thursday that 'SSA Marine failed to prevent this worker from being in harm’s way.'The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited SSA Marine Thursday in regards to an employee being crushed by a container at the Port of Long Beach on Jan. 19.
The OSHA report said SSA Marine had been cited for five safety violations — one being a willful safety violation.
Investigators said they have determined that the Jan. 19 death of the longshore worker occurred when he was fatally crushed by a 40-foot-long shipping container that was dislodged from the top of a stack of containers. This occurred during the unloading operations aboard the vessel Cosco Japan.
“SSA Marine failed to prevent this worker from being in harm’s way,” said Jay Vicory, OSHA’s area office director in San Diego, in a statement. “It’s critical that employers make workplace safety a priority so that every longshore worker returns home safely at the end of the day. Losing one worker is one too many.”
The willful violation...
From the Zambo Times:
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), which has proven to be the trailblazer in the Philippines and abroad, invests $300 million for the container terminal in Nigeria and express interest to bid for Davao port.
ICTSI Chairman and President Enrique K. Razon Jr. said ICTSI is pursuing the ongoing privatization opportunities in Africa.
A number of African countries has been opening up their gateway ports to privatization.
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From the Journal of Commerce:
A U.S. District Court in Portland on Thursday denied most of the requests by waterfront employers that the court take action against the International Longshore and Warehouse Union for alleged work slowdowns at the Port of Portland.
Judge Michael Simon upheld an earlier preliminary injunction barring disruptive actions by the ILWU pending a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board, which last month initiated its own proceedings in this case.
However, Judge Simon refused to take action on several other motions from the port’s terminal operator, ICTSI, and the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents waterfront employers at West Coast ports.
He ruled that claims of low productivity by ICTSI, on their own, do not violate the court’s previous temporary restraining order. Leal Sundet, an ILWU coast committeeman, said this ruling is a victory for the union.
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Excerpts from the Journal of Commerce:
The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance ended three days of negotiations with optimism about a strike-free contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers.
The two sides agreed the ILA would fill any new jobs created by technology, and to establish a process under which any ILA workers displaced by technology will be eligible for limited pay guarantees.
The new agreement on chassis contains language designed to preserve the union’s jurisdiction over its traditional chassis maintenance and repair work in marine terminals and port areas.
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