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Fairway Market Seeks Reorganization In U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Fairway Group Holdings Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries have filed a joint prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and filed voluntary petitions for protection under Chapter 11.

Fairway Group Holdings Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries have filed a joint prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and filed voluntary petitions for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Teamsters Strike US Foods In Southern California And Phoenix, Ariz.

The strike in Corona comes just days after 200 Maryland Teamsters began their own unfair labor practices strike at US Foods' Severn, Md. facility for failing to bargain in good faith.

Teamsters who drive for US Foods in Corona, Calif. have launched an unfair labor practice strike to protest allegations that the foodservice company violated federal law that protects workers' rights.

FDA Releases Guidance For Menu Labeling

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The guidance documents do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities, but instead, describe the FDA’s current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited.

The guidance documents do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities. Instead, guidance documents describe the FDA’s current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

European Commission Approves CMA CGM Acquisition Of Neptune Orient Lines

The proposed voluntary general cash offer for NOL will be launched when all the pre-conditions to the offer as announced on 7 December 2015 have been satisfied or (where applicable) waived.

The Port of New Orleans welcomed a new weekly European service from French container carrier CMA CGM.

NLRB Charges Intermodal Bridge Transport With Misclassifying Drivers

The NLRB filed the complaint based on charges by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union that IBT was misclassifying its drivers as independent contractors to prevent them unionizing and accessing other protections given by the National Labor Relations Act.

Driver Turnover At Large Carriers Hits 102%

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California Trucking Firm Files For Bankruptcy; Owes $7 Million To Drivers’ Back Pay

Pacific 9 Transportation has become the latest trucking company to turn to bankruptcy proceedings after a wage-claim battle before the California Labor Commissioner.

Pacific 9 Transportation’s bankruptcy filing on Tuesday halts collection attempts from drivers who have fought for back pay, arguing the Carson, Calif., company improperly classified them as independent contractors instead of employees.

Amazon Brings One-Hour Restaurant Delivery To San Francisco

Prime Now Restaurant Delivery offers customers transparent pricing — there are no menu markups or hidden service fees and delivery on all orders is free for a limited time.

Amazon.com announced that Prime Now customers in San Francisco, Calif. can now enjoy one-hour delivery from local restaurants, including Big Chef Tom’s Belly Burgers, Buca di Beppo, DOSA, The Monk’s Kettle, Nick’s Crispy Tacos, Pressed Juicery and many more.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Maritime Administration Awards $ 4.9 Million To Strengthen U.S. Shipyard Competitiveness

Provided through the Small Shipyard Grant Program, the funding supports industrial modernizations that increase productivity, allowing our Nation’s small shipyards to compete more effectively in the global marketplace.

MARAD received 118 grant applications requesting $80 million in assistance, far exceeding the $4.9 million made available for the grants.

Aldi Removes Major Pesticides, Joining The Nation’s Healthiest Grocers

Aldi said it would drop products with any of eight major pesticides: Deltamethrin, Chlorpyrifos, Clothianidin, Cypermethrin, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam, Sulfoxaflo and Fipronil.

The move is being applauded by health-food aficionados for the healthy aspects of eating foods without pesticides and because those pesticides are considered harmful to bees.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

G6 Alliance To Send 10,000 TEU Ships Through Panama Canal

The G6, which comprises APL, Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, MOL, NYK, and OOCL, will launch anew its new NYX service later this year, although it did not give a date for the launch.

The announcement comes in the week that the alliance discovered it is to lose another member next year, when OOCL joins the proposed Ocean Alliance with CMA CGM, Evergreen and Cosco Container Line. APL will also leave the alliance when its sale to CMA CGM is completed.

Hanjin Shipping Co. Seeks Restructuring To Avoid Bankruptcy

Hanjin, a unit of Hanjin Group, on Monday submitted a formal request to state-run Korea Development Bank, its main creditor, to restructure its debt and provide an aid package in return for self-rescue efforts such as asset sales.

Korea Development Bank said it would review the proposal with other creditors and decide by next week whether to offer assistance to Hanjin, which might include a debt rollover. If creditors reject the proposal, the company would be put under court receivership.

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