News / Strike threat to port of New York as dockers' union hits out over jobs

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22/02/2017

International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) vice president Kenneth Riley has called for a shutdown of US east coast ports in a protest over mounting job losses.

The action, including a march of dockworkers on Washington, will start on 27 February.

This coincides with the first day of the Transpacific Maritime Conference in ...

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