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    May 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Understanding how stowaway organisms travel the high seas

    Ports like <a href="http://www.portoflosangeles.org/" target="_blank">Los Angeles</a> and <a href="http://www.polb.com/" target="_blank">Long Beach</a> are key to the global economy: crossroads where <a href="http://www.portoflosangeles.org/about/facts.asp" target="_blank">billions of dollars in cargo arrive and depart each year</a>, floating on board thousands of vessels from all over the world.
    Ports like Los Angeles and Long Beach are key to the global economy: crossroads where billions of dollars in cargo arrive and depart each year, floating on board thousands of vessels from all over the world. Increasingly, however, large ports are also...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Shrimp, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems

    2. May 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Study of shipping routes maps delivery of invasive organisms

    When giant container ships sail into major ports like Los Angeles and Long Beach, it's not just clothing and cars that they deliver. They also carry critters.
    When giant container ships sail into major ports like Los Angeles and Long Beach, it's not just clothing and cars that they deliver. They also carry critters. The specimens — microscopic algae cells or larger castaways, such as eggs of fish or...

    Tags: Mussels, Science and Technology, Water, Invasive Species, Missing Persons

    3. Apr 29, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  3. Newton: What about the Port of Los Angeles?

    It's fun for mayoral candidates to imagine eliminating potholes or building new trains to link the Valley to the Westside. It's not hard to support a spiffed-up LAX (really, what's hard to believe is that it's taken this long) or legions of new police officers making Los Angeles safe. What you don't often hear from these candidates, however, is a thoughtful vision for the Port of Los Angeles.
    It's fun for mayoral candidates to imagine eliminating potholes or building new trains to link the Valley to the Westside. It's not hard to support a spiffed-up LAX (really, what's hard to believe is that it's taken this long) or legions of new police...

    Tags: Politics, Port of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, Jim Newton

    4. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Is another strike looming for the ports of L.A. and Long Beach?

    Bargaining units for a clerical workers' union rejected a tentative labor agreement this week that that ended an eight-day strike that shut down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach late last year.
    Bargaining units for a clerical workers' union rejected a tentative labor agreement this week that that ended an eight-day strike that shut down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach late last year. The tentative contract, announced Dec. 4, intially...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Strikes, National Retail Federation, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry

    5. Dec 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Dockworker strike looms at Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast ports

    The nation's retailers, manufacturers and farmers are bracing for a possible strike that could idle U.S. ports all along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast.
    The nation's retailers, manufacturers and farmers are bracing for a possible strike that could idle U.S. ports all along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast. That walkout could begin as early as Sunday after the midnight Saturday expiration of a 90-...

    Tags: Port of Los Angeles, Dietary Supplements, Career and Workplace, Labor Disputes, Port of Long Beach

    6. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Port strike in eastern U.S. averted with 30-day contract extension

    The labor contract covering more than 15,000 dockworkers at 14 Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast ports has been extended for 30 more days, heading off a strike that could have begun as early as Sunday.
    The labor contract covering more than 15,000 dockworkers at 14 Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast ports has been extended for 30 more days, heading off a strike that could have begun as early as Sunday. George H. Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation...

    Tags: Port of Los Angeles, Career and Workplace, Port of Long Beach, Wage Contract Issues, International Relations

    7. Dec 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. White House urges end to labor fight at East, Gulf Coast seaports

    The Obama administration is urging union dockworkers and a management group to "continue their work at the negotiating table to get a deal done as quickly as possible" to avoid a strike that could idle 14 East and Gulf Coast seaports.
    The Obama administration is urging union dockworkers and a management group to "continue their work at the negotiating table to get a deal done as quickly as possible" to avoid a strike that could idle 14 East and Gulf Coast seaports. The word that...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Port of Los Angeles, Career and Workplace, Strikes, Port of Long Beach

    8. Dec 5, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  8. Port strike numbers are out to sea

    Big, round numbers always get people's attention. Numbers such as $1 billion, which has been bandied about as the economic loss per day nationally from the eight-day strike that shut down most of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
    Big, round numbers always get people's attention. Numbers such as $1 billion, which has been bandied about as the economic loss per day nationally from the eight-day strike that shut down most of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. That figure...

    Tags: Media Industry, Politics, Lobbying, Career and Workplace, Strikes

    9. Dec 4, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Federal mediation in port strike agreed upon by both sides

    Both sides in the strike that has crippled the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have agreed to federal mediation, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Tuesday at a news conference.
    Both sides in the strike that has crippled the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have agreed to federal mediation, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Tuesday at a news conference. Villaraigosa said the agreement was an encouraging sign and could...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Strikes, Unions, Employment Opportunities

    10. Dec 4, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Port strike: Let's make a deal

    About 800 clerical workers based at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports find themselves in a position to wreak havoc on the economy of Southern California. Members of a local unit of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, they have <a href="http://lat.ms/VsjrxP">gone on strike</a> against the shipping companies that employ them, shutting down most of the cargo terminals at the two ports. The dispute epitomizes the issues confronted by organized labor in a globally connected world: The union is fighting to hold onto jobs that are increasingly threatened by automation and the Internet.
    About 800 clerical workers based at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports find themselves in a position to wreak havoc on the economy of Southern California. Members of a local unit of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, they have gone on...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Strikes, Unions, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Antonio Villaraigosa

    11. Dec 2, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Port-strike talks continue even on Sunday, but stalemate goes on

    At least they are talking, even on Sunday.
    At least they are talking, even on Sunday. Labor contract negotiations are set to resume today in the now six-day-old strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Talks had continued past 9 p.m. Saturday night. The strike, by the 800-member...

    Tags: Port of Los Angeles, Career and Workplace, Employment, Strikes, Port of Long Beach

    12. Dec 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Port labor talks shift into higher gear, but strike continues

    In a potentially hopeful sign, contract talks in the now 5-day-old strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach went all night Friday and into early Saturday morning.
    In a potentially hopeful sign, contract talks in the now 5-day-old strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach went all night Friday and into early Saturday morning. "Representatives of the harbor employers and [union] leadership have resumed...

    Tags: Port of Los Angeles, Career and Workplace, Employment, Strikes, Unions

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