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USA : 300 Boston school bus drivers on strike

Source: Boston Herald

USA : USW calls on school bus drivers to return to work

Source: USW

USA : School-Bus Drivers Walk Off Job in Boston

Source: NYTimes

USA : Steelworkers urge action from Kasich to save jobs at Ormet

Source: USW

Foss Maritime to buy Everett property, move 250 Seattle jobs there

Saltchuk, the parent company of the Foss Maritime tug and barge company in Seattle, announced Wednesday it is buying a 66-acre property on the Everett waterfront, formerly Kimberly-Clark’s pulp mill and tissue plant, and will relocate about 250 skilled jobs there from Foss’ current location along Seattle’s Ship Canal.
Mark Tabbutt, chairman of Saltchuk. “We see tremendous opportunity and potential for further growth at the Everett site, a deep water port with unrestricted waterways.”
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Maritime execs debate Panama Canal expansion at Miami conference

Expansion of the Panama Canal was a big topic as hundreds of maritime executives from around the Americas gathered for a major industry conference last week in Miami.
What wasn’t so clear is who will be the winners and who will lose when the expanded canal is ready to handle a new generation of big ships in mid-2015.
Port Miami, which plans to begin dredging its harbor next month, and New York are expected to be the next ports ready for post-Panamax traffic, but other East Coast ports, such as Port Everglades, are in the process of trying to gain federal permission to deepen their shipping channels.
From the Miami Herald

USA : At a Nissan Plant in Mississippi, a Battle to Shape the U.A.W.'s Future

Source: NY Times

USA : Time is now, marchers say, for House to pass immigration reform

Source: Union Advocate

USA : Exempt, not Essential

Source: AFL-CIO

USA : 'We Want to Work': 12 Federal Jobs That Are Vital to the Lives of America's Families ... Even During Gov't Shutdown

Source: AFL-CIO