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The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is mourning the shockingly early death of our comrade Bob Crow, general secretary of the ITF-affiliated RMT, and ITF executive board member from 2002 onwards.
ITF acting general secretary Stephen Cotton said: “Bob was such a vital, tough, campaigning tower of strength that it’s almost impossible to believe that he is no longer with us. Bob was many things: a true fighter for workers’ rights, an internationalist and an inspiration to the last. He was also a close personal friend. We are all now wishing his partner and children well even as we try to accept his passing.
“His family’s loss is also his members’ loss and the world trade union community’s loss. Bob’s untimely death has left a giant gap in our lives, both personal and as a global activist. He never faltered from the certainty that the global trade union movement could make a difference to workers’ lives. His work mobilising international support for workers, including those of Cuba and Palestine, will live on.”
ITF president Paddy Crumlin said: “Bob Crow was a worker and a leader of the working women and men in his union, in his country and in the...

From the Journal of Commerce:
Truck drivers at Port Metro Vancouver on March 10 picketed the Pacific Coast port to protest extensive delays at marine terminals that the truckers say are making their economic situation intolerable.
Trucker demonstrations to protest long waits at congested marine terminals have disrupted Canada’s largest container port for the past two weeks. As tensions mounted last week, the Canadian government appointed veteran mediator Vince Ready to save the day. Ready quickly developed a plan, which he submitted to the truckers at the weekend, but they said it was too little and too late.
At the JOC’s TPM conference in Long Beach last week, port congestion was one of the hottest topics. Industry experts said the ports and terminal operators must work more closely with the harbor trucking industry and beneficial cargo owners to develop and implement an action plan, or the mega-ships being deployed by carrier alliances will have a serious impact on international trade.
More at the JOC/a>

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