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Los Angeles ports disrupted by strikes
LOS ANGELES — Strike action disrupted work at two key West Coast ports, threatening a key gateway for trade to and from Asia, union leaders and harbor officials said. The action by clerical staff started on Wednesday at a terminal in the port of Los Angeles but spread to six…
Protesters hatch bold new plan: Shut down all west coast ports
By Robert Johnson and Linette Lopez The Occupy Oakland General Assembly unanimously voted for a coordinated West Coast port shutdown to disrupt the “economic apparatus of the 1%.” The Occupy Wall Street website calls for the “blockade and disruption of ports on the entire West Coast” of the United States. With 19 deepwater ports on the Pacific…
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