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Source: AFL-CIO / UWUA Local 1-2
An agreement is being worked on between the Ministries of Labor in Honduras and Panama to allow the entry of 4,000 specialist construction workers.
The initiative was welcomed by the National Association of Manufacturers and the Honduran Chamber of the Construction Industry.
From Newsroom Panama
From KGW in Portland:
The first new export grain terminal built in the United States in 25 years held a grand opening celebration Monday.
EGT welcomed dignitaries to its $200-million facility to officially acknowledge its opening, although EGT has already exported more than a million tons of grain since the first ship docked there in February.
EGT had a rocky start with local union longshoremen, before the facility ever started moving grain.
Longshoremen argued they had a historical and legal right to work at EGT. After lots of protests, arrests and tension, the two sides reached an agreement for longshoremen to work at EGT.
“When they came to work, they came to work, and they’ve done a nice job since they came to work — so we feel that’s behind us and we look forward to the future in supplying the world with food,” said EGT CEO Larry Clarke.
More at KGW
BHP Billiton has launched legal action against the Maritime Union of Australia for $7 million the mining giant claims was lost through a four hour “illegal” strike at a major iron ore port in the Pilbara.
BHP Billiton filed a writ on the MUA and its West Australian assistant branch secretary William Tracey on June 28 claiming the short strike by workers at the Port Hedland port on March 9 had cost millions in lost business.
A Port Hedland Port Authority spokesman said only two vessels missed their windows on the morning tide on March 9, one ship was from a FMG berth, which went on to sail 12 hours late.
More at Business Day
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