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NPR, December 28, 2012, Friday

NPR

December 28, 2012, Friday

NPR (full article/listen)

Major Port Strike Averted - For Now

The money is supposed to compensate the workers for the pay they've lost over the years as a result of port automation. Richard Hurd, professor of labor relations at Cornell University, says this year, shipping companies had tried to end the royalty system and the union refused to go along.