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Asia-Pacific
Port Report: Strikes intensify as Australia braces for more longshoreman unrest
Waterfront tensions are increasing as the Maritime Union of Australia declares more wharfside strikes around the country.
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Asia-Pacific
Australian national longshoremens’ strike underway for up to four days
Longshoremen around Australia are walking out on the job for two-, three- and four-day strikes in the latest collective employment dispute. A series of work…
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Economics
Which economy? Three heartbeats to monitor
Donald Broughton, FreightWaves’ chief market strategist, helps explain the U.S. economy in a multi-part series. This article focuses on the industrial economy of the U.S.,…
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Asia-Pacific
Wharfies fired up over alleged threat to income protection benefits
Longshoremen working for DP World Australia (DPWA) are fired up over an alleged threat to their income protection insurance. That benefit was granted to them…
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Asia-Pacific
EXPLAINER: Why Australia’s longshoremen companies are fighting the Maritime Union
Every three years each of the stevedore companies enter into a protracted and bitter dispute with the local longshoremen’s representative body, the Maritime Union of…
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Asia-Pacific
War on the wharves – Aussie longshoremen’s dispute worsens
An industrial dispute between the local longshoremen’s union, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), and stevedoring company, Hutchison Ports, is intensifying. A one day strike…
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Asia-Pacific
Strike causes truckers to be hit with box detention fees
Playing pass the parcel is fun when you’re a little kid. It’s less so when the parcel is a great big bill that you’re being…
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Asia-Pacific
Striking longshoremen cause chaos at Australian box terminals
Rolling strikes by workers at the Hutchison Ports Australia box terminals in Sydney and Brisbane started at 6:00 a.m. (Australian Eastern Standard Time) yesterday January…
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