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USA : 49th-lowest salaries drive prisons' rapid turnover

Source: SFChronicle
USA : Banks Get Bailed Out, Transit Riders and Workers Get Sold Out

Source: TWU
USA : Houston Janitors Battle Corporate Power

Source: The Indypendent
USA : Con Edison, union to resume talks Saturday as NYC broils

Source: Reuters
USA : NLRB rules against Health Bridge/Care One

Source: AP
USA : Con Edison, union keep talking, but lockout continues with no new contract

Source: Journal News
USA : ADD YOUR NAME! Con Ed: It's not right to risk New Yorkers' health just to turn up the heat on workers. End the lockout and keep the city cool!

Source: Working Families Party
USA : City reaches deal with firefighter managers on contract

Source: Omaha World Herald
Maersk in U.S. cargo deal worth up to $2.1 billion

TThe Department of Defense is increasingly shipping war supplies on commercial lines.Maersk Line, a unit of Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, has won a contract worth up to $2.1 billion for international shipping of U.S. military cargo, the Defense Department said on Monday.
American President Lines Ltd, part of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines Group, won the next-biggest such deal from the U.S. Transportation Command, valued at up to $1.7 billion, the Pentagon’s daily contract digest said.
From Reuters
Chassis Changes Prompt Fears of Congestion on the Docks

As ports prepare for a modest spike in cargo volumes during the peak shipping season, ocean carriers, marine terminals, railroads and equipment providers appear to be flush with capacity. So why do harbor truckers fear ports on both coasts will be congested this fall?
Truckers are concerned that deteriorating terminal productivity, aggravated by equipment dislocations as carriers leave the chassis business, will reduce the effective capacity of the transportation supply chain during the peak season.
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