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Source: The Times
A 23-year-old dock worker had to be rescued from the cargo hold of a ship being unloaded at the Port of Wilmington this afternoon after a 2,000-pound coil of wire rolled on top of his chest.
About 4 p.m., rescue workers from the Wilmington Fire Department and county paramedics were called to the Port of Wilmington and went 70 feet down into the hold to evaluate the injured man, said fire department spokesman Capt. Michael Schaal. The man is listed in stable condition with leg and hip injuries.
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The Northwest Labor Press reports on the lockouts at Mitsui-United Grain in Vancouver and Marubeni-Columbia Grain in Portland:
Pickets at both the Port of Portland and Port of Vancouver are hammering on how the foreign-owned companies are profiting from local taxpayer investments while ruining local union jobs that pay good wages and benefits.
A flier handed out at Port of Vancouver picket lines says Mitsui, owner of United Grain, “makes huge profits by using Washington’s public ports, highways and railroads.” It points out that a “$275 million West Vancouver Freight Access rail project allows Japan’s Mitsui to export grain shipments for record profits” and the “$178 million Columbia River channel deepening project moves Mitsui’s massive grain ships in and out of United Grain.”
Mitsui & Co. Inc. reported profits of $6.08 billion in 2012.
More at the Northwest Labor Press
Source: WFSE / AFSCME
Source: In These Times
‘Some of the cargo imported from the United States is temperature-controlled perishable goods, such as dairy, meat and agricultural products,’ the GAO said in the report. ‘According to representatives of the Puerto Rico Farm Bureau, the cost and reliability of shipping perishable food items is important because the island has less than a week’s supply of perishables at any given time.’
Puerto Rico has less than one week’s supply of fresh foods stored on the island at any given time, making reliable food deliveries one of the key advantages of the Jones Act, according to a study by the General Accountability Office.
Asked to study the effect the cabotage law has on Puerto Rico’s economy following the conviction of Jones Act carrier executives for price-fixing in the market several years ago, the GAO said its findings were inconclusive. Repealing or amending the Jones Act cabotage law might cut Puerto Rico shipping costs but would have a “highly uncertain” impact on competition and the U.S. shipping industry.
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