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ILWU Contract May Hinge on TraPac Automationnew

How far will new technologies go in replacing the workforce?
Random Lengths News  |  James Preston Allen and Publisher  |  10-03-2014  |  Business & Labor

Office Clerks Outsourcing Strike Ends Years of Fruitless Bargainingnew

After an eight-day strike by the Office Clerical Unit of ILWU idled most of the Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex, the terminals are now bustling again, and the workers and the union seemingly couldn't be happier with the outcome.
Random Lengths News  |  Paul Rosenberg  |  12-14-2012  |  Business & Labor

Democracy Comes Home to Wisconsinnew

Starting with about 10,000 workers and their supporters at the beginning of the week, numbers swelled to nearly 40,000 by Feb. 18, the largest protests in the state since the Vietnam War era.
Random Lengths News  |  Paul Rosenberg  |  02-25-2011  |  Business & Labor

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