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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Kaptur believes the new road would enable Chinese exporters to funnel goods bound for the United States into Mexican ports, like Lazaro Cardenas, instead of ports in California.

What's wrong with that? The stevedores union in California doesn't want to let west coast ports operate 24 hours a day.

7 posted on 04/10/2007 2:08:57 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative

To: Paleo Conservative; All

stevedores union in California

Remember the shutdown a few years ago? Well the SOBs have done it again!!!

“SAN FRANCISCO, July 10 – The latest illegal West Coast work stoppages by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) shut down eight terminals in the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports today. These illegal stoppages are the latest in a series of 135 such shutdowns in the past 24 months and are costing the maritime shipping industry well over $150 million dollars, industry officials announced today.”

http://www.pmanet.org/docs/index.cfm/id_subcat/35/id_content/152

23 posted on 04/10/2007 8:12:25 PM PDT by eleni121 (+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)

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