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Ag shippers fear dock labor stoppage, surcharges

Labor

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

A prominent trade organization for the agriculture and forest product industry said U.S. exporters are “extremely worried of massive economic loss” in the event of a shutdown of U.S. East and Gulf coast ports if longshoremen and their employers can't agree to a new contract to replace the current labor pact which expires on Sept. 30. “The impact is already being felt in locations far from the coastal seaports,” said the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC). It c...

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