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L.A.-Long Beach harbors strike enters second week | Essentials

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L.A.-Long Beach harbors strike enters second week

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"It seems like progress is being made," union spokesman Craig Merrilees said after negotiations resumed. "It's not quick and it's not easy, but there is some progress."Management spokesman Steve Getzug was less optimistic, saying union negotiators were resisting proposed changes in future hiring practices that he said would give shippers the ability to avoid hiring unneeded employees. It's a practice management dismisses as featherbedding. "Rather than having artificial staffing levels, we're saying give us the ability to make decisions based on need, and we think that's a reasonable request," Getzug said. Union members counter that the issue involves management's desire to outsource jobs to places such as Taiwan and China, where shippers can pay lower wages for work that can be done on computer. "It's important to us to keep those jobs here in the United States. We're fighting against corporate greed," Merrilees said.

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Steve Getzug

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0.15452"Rather than having artificial staffing levels, we're saying give us the ability to make decisions based on need, and we think that's a reasonable request," Getzug said.
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  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.15452
  • Mean: 0.15452
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Craig Merrilees

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0.0829324"It seems like progress is being made," union spokesman Craig Merrilees said ...
-0.0422067"It seems like progress is being made," union spokesman Craig Merrilees said after negotiations resumed. "It's not quick and it's not easy, but there is some progress."
-0.110436"It's important to us to keep those jobs here in the United States. We're fighting against corporate greed," Merrilees said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0697103
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Trinnie Thompson

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0.176214"We know we're blessed," port clerk Trinnie Thompson said ...
0.240733"We know we're blessed," port clerk Trinnie Thompson said by phone as she walked the picket line outside one of the terminals. "We're very thankful for our jobs. We just want to keep them."
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George W. Bush

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Kristin Monaco

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0.136437"If there's no negotiating progress in the next day, I would assume there will be calls for the president to get involved and invoke the Taft-Hartley Act and get people back to work," said Kristin Monaco, ...
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  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.136437
  • Mean: 0.136437
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Organization: Warehouse Union

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Organization: International Longshore

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Country: United States

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Country: Taiwan

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Country: China

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GeographicFeature: Long Beach

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Facility: California State University

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