Retailers call on unions and east coast ports to resolve problems

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By Alex Lennane

17/07/2012

Further news on the east coast port strike: the National Retail Federation has written to the International Longshoremen’s Association and the US Maritime Alliance, calling on them to continue negotiations and avoid disrupting the supply chain. Read all about it here.

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