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femrap

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4. The clerks have been

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Sun Dec 2, 2012, 02:47 PM

Dec 2012

WITHOUT A CONTRACT for over 2 years.

"ILWU leaders are demanding that jobs traditionally performed by their members remain classified as union work and subject to the union's contract terms, even after individuals holding those jobs retire. They accuse the management of seeking to outsource union clerical jobs to overseas workers paid far less in wages and benefits."

More off-shoring by Management.

Want a job? Move to India, where they are doing first year Law work as well! Never mind the paralegal work.

I hate corporations.

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