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USA : USW supports ‘Government by the People Act' for voters

Source: USW

USA : NLRB gives boost to speedier union elections

Source: Washington Post

Murder, death threats and violent thugs accompany ICTSI into Central America

Enrique Razon, CEO of ICTSI, has amassed $4.5 billion in wealth by operating terminals — and exploiting port workers — around the world. He is the 4th richest man in the Philippines, according to Forbes Magazine..
International Container Terminal Services Incorporated (ICTSI) – the rogue employer responsible for flagrant contract violations at the Port of Portland – is now expanding operations in Central America where murder, military repression, death threats and anti-union attacks are accompanying the firm’s expansion.
Labor leader attacked
The family of Honduran dockworker union leader, Victor Crespo, became the latest assassination target on January 27 when an armed assailant murdered Crespo’s father and injured his mother by running them over with a stolen truck in an attack outside the family home. Other Crespo family members narrowly escaped death and injury. Victor Crespo and his family have faced death threats because of his efforts to help workers at Puerto Cortés, a newly privatized operation container terminal that was recently taken-over by ICTSI.
Thugs & threats
An October 2013 article in The Dispatcher explained how members of...

Talks break down in Panama Canal contract dispute

A planned extension of the Panama Canal was thrown into doubt on Wednesday after a group of companies said its talks with Panama’s government over how to expand the canal had fallen apart.
Group United for the Canal, a consortium led by Spanish builder Sacyr, said in a statement that the government’s canal authority had broken off talks on who will pay some $1.6 billion needed to complete the ambitious project. The Panama Canal Authority said it would hold a news conference at 9 a.m. local time.
It was unclear whether Wednesday’s breakdown was final. If the partnership between Panama and the builders is indeed abandoned, it would likely mean further delays while Panama seeks financing and a new construction group.
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USA : Building Bridges Radio: Single-Payer Heathcare in NYS and the USA

Source: WBAI's Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report

USA : State AFL-CIO says CEOs earn 745 times more an hour than its minimum wage workers

Source: Oregonian

USA : Gov Corbett's Budget Address Sounds More like a Political Speech than a Budget Address

Source: PA AFL-CIO

USA : De Blasio Says Bloomberg ‘Mortgaged' City's Future With Unsettled Labor Contracts

Source: Politicker

USA : Public-Employee Unions Targeted in Right-wing Case before the Supreme Court