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STRIKE * Canada & USA - Looming strike could shut down Seaway transport
Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -2 Oct 2008: -- The federal government is being asked to intervene in a brewing labor dispute that could see shipping through the St. Lawrence Seaway come to a halt... The Financial Post reports that 445 unionized CAW workers for the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. (SLSMC) can issue a 72-hour strike notice as early as Oct. 10... The Shipping Federation of Canada, which fears that freighters could get stranded if caught in the middle of a strike, has asked Ottawa try and settle the conflict... The Seaway's President and CEO Richard Corfe told a maritime conference in Vancouver this week that a strike could cripple Canada's transportation industry and cut off freight to steel mills, mines, and western tar sands... The workers and company are at odds over pay and operational issues. The CAW members have been without a contract since April... (Final negotiations are to begin next week. But a strike is a real possibility)* USA - Teamsters Campaign for Striking Oak Harbor Freight Lines Employees at National Retail Stores
Washington,DC,USA -MarketWatch -Oct 06, 2008: -- Handbilling Done at Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic
Teamster members have begun a nationwide campaign to show support for striking Oak Harbor Freight Lines trucking employees by passing out handbills at Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic stores... Oak Harbor Freight Lines transports merchandise on the West Coast to these stores. Oak Harbor elected to cut off health care coverage to retirees two weeks ago to punish workers who walked off the job in Washington, Oregon and Idaho Sept. 22 in protest of the company's violation of American labor laws... Oak Harbor Freight Lines, one of the largest regional trucking companies on the West Coast, provides time sensitive delivery services to some of the largest companies in the country including JC Penney, Burlington Coat Factory, Sally Beauty Supply, K-Mart, Sylvania, HD Waterworks, Owens & Minor, Snap-On, Bargreen Ellingson, McKesson, Cardinal Health, Siemens, Georgia Pacific, GM & Chrysler Parts, Urban Outfitters and Maytag... Teamsters in California and Nevada began picketing Oak Harbor Freight Lines' trucks in California and Nevada last week to support striking employees... The National Labor Relations Board is investigating several labor law violations committed by the company including coercing and threatening employees, as well as making unlawful changes to working conditions...
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