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West Coast Ports Labor Dispute: Attorney Calls On Obama To Invoke Taft-Hartley Act

Harold Coxson, attorney at Washington, D.C.-based Ogletree Deakins law firm, gives a history of the PMA-ILWU dispute and how it could lead to the government stepping in to stop a lockout or worker's strike.

A worker walks near a container ship being loaded at the Port of Seattle, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, in Seattle.

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Tales from the Former VP of Fleet Operations for Coca-Cola

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AdvancePierre Foods To Acquire Better Bakery LLC

Production will be relocated to AdvancePierre’s facility in Caseyville, Ill., a sandwich manufacturing operation the company acquired last month from Landshire, Inc.

China Cold Chain To Grow 25% Per Year Through 2019

Research and Markets

Increase in mergers and acquisitions are one major trend emerging in the market that will enable companies to expand their global customer base and their portfolio of products, solutions, and services.

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Yearsley Group Proposes ‘Super Hub’ In Bilsthorpe, U.K.

Planners at Newark and Sherwood District Council recently give the work the green light on Yearsley Group's Belle Eau Park proposal, including storage, distribution and office space, as well as a solar farm to power the new super hub.

Sysco Meets With FTC Commissioners To Save Acquisition Of US Foods

Sysco executives in the face-to-face meetings have indicated willingness to negotiate further, but didn't put forward a new formal offer to divest additional assets to win approval.

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Retailers Ask White House to Intervene in West Coast Port Dispute

National Retail Federation (NRF)

National Retail Federation vice president for supply chain Jonathan Gold thinks "It’s time for the White House to immediately engage in this critically-important economic priority and force the two sides to remain at the table until a deal is done."

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John Morrell Food Group To Build $43.5 Distribution Center In Indiana, Creating 260 Jobs

The company will invest $43.5 million to build and equip a meat products distribution center, scheduled to begin operations by the end of this year.

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Haggen Outlines Plans To Convert 146 Grocery Stores In Five States

Albertsons Companies

With this acquisition, Haggen will expand from 18 stores with 16 pharmacies in in Oregon and Washington, to 164 stores with 106 pharmacies with locations in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona.

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Teamsters Raise Concerns About Sysco/US Foods Merger

For several months, knowledgeable lawmakers and antitrust authorities have expressed skepticism, both about the deal and possible remedies.

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Obama Calls For Single Food Safety Agency In 2016 Budget

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)

Proponents of a single agency cite the inefficiencies and confusion caused by having the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) both having jurisdiction of enforcing food safety.

The measure closing the loophole from the Tariff Act of 1930 was included in a wider trade enforcement bill, which Obama signed into law at the White House in Washington.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Greece Debates Privatizing Its Two Largest Ports

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's new leftist government has sought to cancel key terms of Athens' bailout program from international lenders, including what it calls the "crime" of selling off strategic national assets.

File photo of Greece's Piraeus Port.

Chilean Fears Grow Over Mounting U.S. West Coast Port Crisis

Around 30 percent of Chilean fruit exports to the U.S. are shipped to West Coast ports, and according to ASOEX the biggest impact was likely to be in table grapes, Chile’s principle fruit export to the U.S.

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