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The ongoing political squabble over a proposed Sodo arena is threatening to derail a hard-fought agreement over an Eastside rails-to-trails project.
The Port of Seattle Commission voted 3-2 to delay the last piece of the deal: transferring 13 miles of an old BNSF Railway corridor to King County. Commissioners cited “issues of trust” with the county as it moves toward a new arena near the Port’s crucial industrial area.
The vote raises the temperature on a debate between the Port and the Seattle and King County councils, which are to vote this summer on putting public money toward the arena.
More in the Seattle Times
Unions have agreed to an 11th hour meeting to ensure that one of Australia’s biggest ports will not come to a grinding halt through a week of strike action.
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), the Maritime Officers Union and Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers planned to strike at 7pm (AEST) on Friday after a breakdown in negotiations with Dutch-based towing company Smit.
The company has exclusive rights to towage services in Gladstone port and a seven-day strike would have effectively closed the coal export hub down.
But Smit on Friday consented to mediation at Fair Work Australia. The parties will meet in Brisbane on Monday at 10am (AEST).
From Sky News, Australia
From News Lincoln County:
Don Mann, during a recent Port of Newport Commissioners meeting, that he is retiring effective in January. Mann, who has logged over ten years at the helm of the port, will retire with a rather impressive record of public service in guiding the port in its acquisition of the NOAA fleet and the impending completion of the International Terminal.
Don Mann became the port’s manager in January of 1996 and has held a steady reputation for being someone who had great ideas and a rock steady plan to get them done. His David and Goliath epic performance to wrestle NOAA away from the Port of Seattle was undeniably his crowning achievement while enduring a firestorm of controversy among the northwest’s congressional delegation which pitted Oregon Senators against their colleagues in Washington State.
From the Journal of Commerce on July 4:
A U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the International Longshore and Warehouse Union from engaging in work slowdowns at the Port of Portland’s container terminal.
An agreement announced Tuesday by all of the parties in the dispute clears the way for cargo loading and unloading to take place. The port, terminal operator ICTSI, the ILWU and the IBEW announced the ILWU would work the reefer jobs until a separate legal proceeding before the National Labor Relations Board results in a ruling.
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