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From ABC Australia:
Workers who did not take part in industrial action labelled as ‘scabs’
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against the Maritime Union of Australia over the distribution of abusive posters.
The posters labelled workers who did not take part in industrial action as scabs, and were distributed at the Fremantle Port last December.
The posters named five Fremantle Port Authority employees, accusing them of turning on their colleagues and describing their behaviour as treacherous.
The legal action against the union and its WA secretary, William Tracey, will be heard in the Federal Court.
If found guilty, Mr Tracey faces a maximum fine of $6600 per breach, while the union could be forced to pay up to $33,000 for each offence.
The Ombudsman is also seeking compensation for the employees.
The Port of Los Angeles and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were honored Thursday night for their efforts in implementing the Clean Trucks Program.
The nonprofit Coalition for Clean Air presented them with the California Air Quality Award for “clean air stewardship,” port officials said.
The $1.6 billion Clean Trucks Program required all big rigs entering the port to meet 2007 federal emissions standards by Jan. 1, 2012.
From the Daily Breeze
From the Emergency Management blog:
REAL ID and The Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC) are two examples of how the Federal government is trying to develop standards for identification cards.
The “troubled” TWIC card program, like REAL ID, has been delayed time and again. Now the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) is providing a modification to address the costs and hassles associated with transportation workers renewing their TWIC cards. See the new Extended Expiration Date (EED) concept that cuts costs and makes the renewal less troublesome for the million plus workers who must maintain a TWIC based on their employment in the transportation industry.
The final rule making by the Coast Guard on biometric readers for TWIC has been delayed several times. Now it is due out in early 2013 (after the elections are over) and who knows what it will say. Ports and terminal operators are leery of investing funding in these systems given the lack of implementation over the years.
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