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USA : Five reasons for optimism about unions this Labor Day

Source: The Hill

USA : Amtrak honors memory of Pullman Porters' union founder and March on Washington organizer, A. Philip Randolph

Source: Progressive Railroading

ICTSI to spend $150 million developing Honduras port

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) plans to spend about $150 million in the next five years to develop the port in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, a senior company official said recently.
Last February, the Razon-led port operator was awarded a 30-year contract for design, financing, construction, maintenance, and operation of the Puerto Cortes facility, which is considered a premier port in Central America.
Aside from Honduras and the Philippines, ICTSI also has operations in Argentina, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, the United States (Portland, Oregon), Uruguay and Venezuela.
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Tunnel project mismanagement behind Seattle labor dispute

Mismanagement of Seattle’s “Big Bertha” Tunnel Project is responsible for the current labor problems with the Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP), contends representatives from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 19.
The union cites problems at the top management levels of STP relating to the Deep Bore Tunnel “Project Labor Agreement” (PLA), and problems with the Port of Seattle and WSDOT, relating to a $4 million lease agreement for part of a marine terminal that will be used to load barges. Projects of this complexity and size typically employ a third party to mange a PLA. However, STP and WSDOT have not engaged a ﬁrm to do this, and this has contributed to a total breakdown in the management of labor relations.
“The type of mismanagement that we are witnessing at STP has not only created turmoil within the TBM operation itself and between them and the utilities, it has also undermined the area standards that all unionized workers in marine operations have relied upon,” says Cameron Williams, Local 19 President. “STP is using a moot arbitration and a ﬁctitious story about unions ﬁghting unions to cover up their own misdeeds.”
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USA : 9/7 In LA-United for Justice & Dignity: National Migrant Labor Convention

Source: Indybay

USA : Statement by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Regarding the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

Source: UFCW

USA : US Airways and American Ramp Up Merger Push as Labor Steps Up

Source: The Street

USA : The End of Vacation Days? More employers offering 'unlimited' time off, but it's not as great as it sounds

Source: Newser

USA : Would you like unlimited days off?

Source: CSM

USA : Standing on the corner, Philly man begs for a job

Source: Times Union