Technology clash looms in West Coast port contract talks
The ILWU and the PMA debate port tech upgrades amid potential job losses and job security. In Seattle and across the West Coast, automation could speed container movement, but unions demand maintaining or replacing roles with union positions. The PMA warns modernization is key to staying competitive as other North American ports pursue automation.
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Seattle
Microsoft Corp
Boeing Co. Labs
West
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
Pacific Maritime Association
Shipping Lines
PMA
Steve Stallone
ILWU
Employers Association
United States
Canada
Mexico
New Mexico to gain more white collar jobs says state report
A state Department of Labor forecast for 2001 to 2003 projects an 1.8 percent overall growth in occupations. Professionals lead gains with 5,820 new posts aided by Sandia National Laboratories hiring about 600. Service jobs rise 3,890 due to restaurant expansion, with central NM adding about 5,850 positions and regional growth varying across the state.
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N.M. Albuquerque
New Mexico
State Department of Labor
Labor Department
Elisa Walker-Moran
Sandia National Laboratories
Walker- Moran
Albuquerque
Sandia
Chris Miller
Department of Labor
Nevada BLM auctions Western Shoshone cattle dispute herd
The Bureau of Land Management sold 232 cattle tied to Carrie and Mary Dann for 59 262 dollars despite an international panel urging a halt. Protesters lined Reno, while DAWN sisters defend their land rights under the Ruby Valley Treaty of 1863.
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Reno, Nev
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Reno
Carrie
Mary Dann
Crescent Valley
Organization of American States
Inter- American Commission On Human Rights
Jo Lynn Worley
Dawn Sisters
Dawn
Americas
United States
Julie Fisher
Western Shoshone Defense Project
Nevada
U.S
United States of America
Christopher Sewall
Defense Project
Arlen Melendez
Reno-Sparks
Carrie Dann
Carlin
Worley
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Hong Kong
New Jersey
Joe Weber
Pacific Northwest Area
Tom Ward
Oakland
JWD Group
Ward
Pete Fisher
Long Beach Outer Harbor
Los Angeles
CNH
Jim Irwin
Case IH
Racine
Wis
Roswell
Baily Record
P.O. Box
Virginia
Mark T. Flavin
N. Man Ros
Camper’s Appliances Sales & Services
Dave Camper
East McGaffey
Roadrunner
S. Richardson
N. Main
C. Reading, Inc
E.mcgaffey
American Moving & Storage, Inc
United van Lines
E. College Boulevard
Wakefield Oil Co., Inc
South Virginia
First Federal Bank
Pennsylvania
Istfedbank.com
FDIC
Alamogordo
el Paso Las Cruces
Lincoln County
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