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Hundreds of dollars at a late-night private room in a karaoke bar is the latest expense uncovered in a KTVU investigation into spending of public money by top officials at the Port of Oakland.
Cafe Juliet is a business that bills itself as a private room karaoke bar. It is also where the Port of Oakland’s International Marketing Manager Lawrence Dunnigan spent $550 dollars last year.
The receipt shows his credit card was charged at 1:44 a.m. Dunnigan wrote on his expense report that he was at a business meeting with four members of China Merchants who had been in town for a trade symposium with local and national leaders.
When a KTVU News reporter and producer visited the bar, a regular patron there told them, “You can get girls here.”
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Full operations resumed at the Port of Oakland Thursday morning, a day after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union walked off their jobs after a maintenance worker died from injuries reportedly sustained when he was caught in a moving part of the container crane he was servicing.
The 51-year-old worker was a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The accident occurred at Ports America’s Ben E. Nutter Container Terminal, Berth 35.
Members of the ILWU reacted by walking off of their jobs at the Ports America terminal around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to a spokesman for the Pacific Maritime Association, the employers’ organization.
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From the Oakland Tribune:
The $1 billion effort to redevelop Oakland’s former Army Base into a jobs-generating logistics and warehousing center took a major step forward Tuesday when city leaders and developers signed off on a series of key agreements.
The agreements, which cover nearly 1,700 pages of legal documents, spell out the terms for one of the region’s largest public private partnerships that aims to create several thousand blue-collar jobs for Oakland residents and help the Port of Oakland stay competitive.
The Army abandoned the 366-acre base in 1999, and later divided it between the port and the city. After several proposals fell through, the city opted for Tagami and Prologis’ proposal to transform much of the base into a logistics center managing the flow of cargo at the adjacent port. The center is expected to lure companies throughout the region, reducing truck traffic in Oakland.
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David CockroftDavid Cockroft, who has been general secretary of the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) since 1993, has announced that he will retire at the end of May 2013 when he reaches the age of 60.
The announcement was made at the meeting of the ITF executive board in Copenhagen, Denmark, which also agreed to appoint Stephen Cotton, who is currently ITF maritime coordinator, as acting general secretary.
David Cockroft explained: “Next year I will have been the chief executive officer of this remarkable global union federation for 20 years. Although I was elected for a four year period at the 42nd ITF congress in Mexico City in 2010 I feel it is important to give my successor enough time to establish good relations with every part of this organisation prior to the 43rdcongress in 2014.”
“I am very happy that the board has decided to appoint Stephen Cotton to this position. Stephen has taken the maritime activities of the ITF, including the ITF flag of convenience campaign and its younger brother the ports of convenience campaign, to new heights. There is not a shipping company or port employer anywhere that does not respect the strength of...
Andre Futrell is seen here working on another steel boat in Port Manatee. The Tampa longshoreman was injured Wednesday, and his co-worker was killed. Photo by Benito Torres.
Hercules Gilmore, 56, died in the accident. He was remembered as a good neighbor, friend and pastor.Investigators say Andre Futrell, 50, and his co-worker Hercules Gilmore, 56, were in the hull of the ship when 10 tons of steel pipes came crashing down on Tuesday.
Detectives say a strap that was holding the bundle of pipes together broke as it was being offloaded by a crane at the Port of Tampa.
Gilmore was killed. Futrell is listed in fair condition at Tampa General Hospital.
Futrell’s son, Jarred, said his dad is ready to get back to work. Jarred said the only major injury his dad sustained in the industrial accident is a broken ankle.
“I remember the doctor mentioning that about three or four months he’ll have to do some, I guess rehab or whatever, and build his strength back up. But like I said, he’s in good spirits, ready to get back to work,” he said. “We’re just praying for Hercules’ family,” he said.
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From the Journal of Commerce:
International Longshoremen’s Association and employer representatives discussed “a number of major issues” in two days of contract negotiations this week, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service said.
“As a result of these discussions, the parties will have their respective committees review their positions and analyze associated costs. Meanwhile, the parties’ subcommittees will continue to meet in an effort to resolve additional outstanding issues,” FMCS Director George H. Cohen said in a statement.
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