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USA : USW urges True Value to rescind supplier of the year award from North American Salt

Source: USW

”It is obvious that China will become less competitive in some areas” Maersk Executive Søren Skou says, according to the Wall Street Journal, adding that China is the most important market for the shipping giant and that it is increasingly felt that the manufacturing of goods, such as shoes and toys, is gradually being relocated to countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh.
While this does not mean that the Chinese export boom is coming to a halt – it is slowing down.
The shipping giant Maersk Line notes a growing trend of shipping products such as various electronics and solar panels out of China. The next step could be automobiles, spare parts, biotech and chemical products, Wall Street Journal writes.
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Port of Stockton looking how to spend $600,000

Port of Stockton and CalTrans officials are looking at ways to apply nearly $600,000 in unspent funds originally earmarked for the port’s Daggett Road improvement project, after receiving a “use it or lose it” message from the Obama Administration.
U.S. Department of Transportation officials said earlier this month it would make immediately available $470 million in funds unspent from 2003-2006 fiscal appropriations under the previous administration.
From the Stockton Record

USA : Officials union says NFL in 'misinformation campaign,' league says refs 'did an about-face'

Source: Washington Post

USA : Interview with Roxie Herbekian, president of UNITE Local 7 in Baltimore

Source: Baltimore Sun

USA : Unions fear Mitt victory

Source: Boston Globe

Canada : Canada proves the decline of unions is not inevitable

Source: Al Jazeera

USA : Prop. 32 seeks to rein labor unions' power

Source: Sacto Bee

USA : Labor unions work for employees in difficult economic environment

Source: News-Herald