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USA : A Part-Time Life, as Hours Shrink and Shift for American Workers

Source: NYTimes

USA : Teachers union gives strike notice to Geneva schools

Source: Chicago Tribune

ICTSI Unit Acquires 35% of Pakistan International Container Terminal

International Container Terminal Services Inc. has announced its unit ICTSI Mauritius Ltd. has completed the acquisition of a 35% stake in Pakistan International Container Terminal Ltd.
PICT, which is publicly listed, has a maximum capacity of 750,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units, ICTSI said in a statement to the Philippines stock exchange. The company didn’t disclose financial details of the transaction.
ICTSI operates container terminals and port projects in 17 countries.
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Port of Prince Rupert pilots Canada-US cargo screening project

The Port of Prince Rupert has become the first marine facility to implement a new cargo screening project as part of a new Canada-US security agreement.
Under the new pilot project, the Integrated Cargo Security Strategy, any cargo arriving at the port must be screened upon arrival, which when cleared, will be free to move across the Canada-US border without the need for additional screening.
The primary focus of the project will be cargo arriving at the port destined for the US by rail, which will be subjected to both a risk assessment by the US National Targeting Center (NTC) and an examination by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on behalf of US Customs and Border Protection (US CBP) for security and contraband.
More at Port Strategy

U.S. farm co-op CHS eyes expansion as industry consolidates

CHS Inc., the largest U.S. farm co-operative, is seeking to expand its grain buying, storing and shipping assets to meet rising demand from Asia and tap increasing grain output in South America and eastern Europe, President and CEO Carl Casale said on Tuesday.
The Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota-based company has expanded its export facilities in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Gulf Coast, South America and eastern Europe over the past two years, tapping several producing regions to help blunt the impact of weather-related crop shortfalls.
It has also opened offices in western Canada, Asia and Latin America amid intense competition between grains traders to feed fast-developing countries seeking food security.
More at Reuters

Port of San Diego Plans ‘Cold Ironing’ Facility

ILWU Local 29 works a Dole ship at the Port of San Diego. The Port's main tenant at the terminal, Dole Fresh Fruit Company, recently signed a new long-term lease . Under the terms of the lease agreement, the Port and Dole agreed to work together on these infrastructure improvements. The Port is responsible for installing the land-side shore power infrastructure and Dole will pay for the vessel-side improvements.
The Port of San Diego’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal proposes shore-to-ship power provision (subject to project’s public approval).
The project would allow vessels such as container ships and refrigerated cargo ships to “plug in” and use electrical power from San Diego Gas & Electric, rather than run off their own diesel engines while at berth. The Port has accordingly prepared a Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration for the shore power project, per the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The proposed project, considered a Port Capital Improvement Project, would allow modifications necessary to install shore power equipment at three berths located at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal. Initially, there will only be the capability to power one...

USA : Michigan Vote a Test Case on Enshrining the Rights of Unions

Source: The New York Times

USA : A New Era for Wal-Mart Workers?

Source: Dissent

Australia : Toll rejects claims it hired a union buster for US operatins

Source: AAP

USA : Here's a Memo From the Boss: Vote This Way

Source: NYTimes