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April 2008
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Maritime Security from the viewpoint of maritime labor
A maritime security regime is judged not only on how effectively it protects the workplace from potential terrorists acts, but what affect the security regime has on the efficiency of the maritime transportation system that provides our livelihood...
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March 2008
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U.N. agency says NLRB violates workers’ rights
A key international agency ruled on March 19, that the Bush Administration’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is denying workers’ rights in violation of international labor standards.
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February 2008
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AFL-CIO blasts Bush’s FY‘09 budget proposal
President Bush’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2009, is a slap in the face to America’s working families who are already struggling to get by in an economy sinking under the weight of this Administration’s disastrous policies.
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January 2008
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SUP-contracted company awarded two Military Sealift Command vessels
Patriot Contract Services was notified by the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command late last month that it was successful in its bid to operate two Special Mission Ships —USNS Hayes and USNS Waters.
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December 2007
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Former DOT Secretary Mineta calls for complete overhaul of federal maritime policy
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta this month called for a sweeping overhaul of federal maritime policy that would be centered in a revitalized Maritime Administration to preserve national economic strength.
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November 2007
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APL to redeploy U.S.-flag vessels to North Asia run
American President Lines announced this month that it intends to shift its U.S.-flag C-11-type vessels (APL China, APL Korea, APL Philippines, APL Thailand, APL Singapore) to a new 38-day Pacific Coast Express service that will call Los Angeles, Oakland, Japan, Korea and three ports in North China.
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