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USA : Fifth Circuit: forcing workers to resolve all disputes through arbitration does not violate National Labor Relations Act

Source: Washington Business Journal

USA : Detroit Is Eligible For Bankruptcy Protection, Judge Rules

Source: NPR

USA : Workplace violence shouldn't be 'part of the job'

Source: Union Review

APM Rotterdam retrofitting cranes for more EEE calls

The 18,000 TEU Triple-E class vessel Marie Maersk is scheduled to arrive in Rotterdam on December 6.
APM Terminals Rotterdam is retrofitting five of its existing post-Panamax cranes with new booms, to allow for a 23-container row reach for 18,000teu vessels.
APM plans to have the upgrades, which consist of both engineering and software adjustments, completed by the arrival of the 18,000teu Triple-E class vessel Marie Maersk, scheduled to arrive in Rotterdam on 6 December as part of the weekly Asia/North Europe AE10 service. Marie Maersk is the fourth Triple-E class vessel out of a total of 20 scheduled for delivery over the next two years.
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Five developers express interest in Port of Tacoma’s former smelter site

After the Kaiser Aluminum smelter closed in 2000, the Port of Tacoma bought the 96-acre site. It demolished 75 buildings and cleaned up decades of pollution on the site.The former site of a World War II-era aluminium smelter on the Tacoma Tideflats is attracting renewed interest from a handful of potential developers.
The 60-acre tract between the Blair and Hylebos Waterways’ south ends has drawn letters of intent from five developers who say they intend to submit proposals for the property by mid-December.
The land owner, the Port of Tacoma, put the property up for long-term lease last month after a deal with an oil distribution firm, Targa Sound Terminal, collapsed.
More at The News Tribune

USA : Pensions in peril

Source: PBS

Iraq : Charges Dismissed Against Oil Union Leader

Source: PSC-CUNY

USA : Labor Pushes Pension Emergency Days As Lawmakers Head Back To Springfield

Source: Progress Illinois

USA : Fast-food workers plan strikes in 100 US cities this week

Source: Al Jazeera

USA : A New Day, A New Danger: Temporary Workers Face Safety Hazards at Work

Source: In These Times