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Contract talks between dockworkers, management break down
Talks have broken down between the union representing nearly 15,000 East Coast and Gulf longshoremen and the group representing shippers and port operators, with little more than a week to go before their contract expires.
Meeting Tuesday in Newark, N.J....Tags: Career and Workplace, Unions, Barack Obama, National Retail Federation, Manufacturing and Engineering
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With time running short, port braces for dockworkers strike
![Port of Baltimore officials say they "are preparing for the worst," in the event of a longshoremen's strike at one minute past midnight Dec. 30.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-12/73786596-21150839.jpg "Port of Baltimore officials say they "are preparing for the worst,\" in the event of a longshoremen's strike at one minute past midnight Dec. 30.")
Port of Baltimore officials say they "are preparing for the worst," in the event of a longshoremen's strike at one minute past midnight Dec. 30.
But that would be nothing, they say, compared with a management decision to lock out workers at the...Tags: Labor Disputes, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Strikes, Machine Manufacturing
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Port strike averted as union, management resolve sticking point
A weekend strike by dockworkers from Maine to Texas was averted Friday after union and management negotiators settled a major sticking point and extended the contract deadline until Feb. 6 to hammer out the rest of a long-term deal. The announcement came...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Unions, Wage Contract Issues, National Retail Federation
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Otenasek instrumental in preserving Baltimore's port
The Sun obituary about Dr. Mildred Otenasek (Nov. 26) failed to mention one very important civic contribution back in 1955 and 1956. Then-Gov. Theodore McKeldin included Dr. Otanesek on the committee to change the Port of Baltimore and make it more...Tags: Maryland General Assembly
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Carnival offers weekend sailing from Baltimore
After Hurricane Sandy forced the cancellation of its planned seven-day Caribbean cruise, the Baltimore-based Carnival Pride has a new offer for travelers. The ship will sail a two-day cruise on the Chesapeake, departing from the Port of Baltimore on...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Festive Events, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Travel, Cruises
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Giant cranes arrive in port, marking new era for cargo handling
The future of the port of Baltimore eased through the morning haze Wednesday, limboed under the Bay Bridge with room to spare, ducked under the Key Bridge and arrived dockside at Seagirt Marine Terminal just in time for dinner.
Fourteen stories tall...Tags: Panama, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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Matte deserved a spot on the 175 athletes list
Helen Delich Bentley is right on point in criticizing the omission of Tom Matte from The Sun's historical list of outstanding Maryland athletes ("Tom Matte deserves spot on greatest list," May 15). Anyone who's old enough to remember the Baltimore Colts'...Tags: Sports, Baltimore Colts, Football
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The Interview: Bentley on a maritime promise lost
The Baltimore Sun's front page on July 22, 1959, carried the news accompanied by a six-column photo: The world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship had been launched at Camden, N.J.
The christening of the $47 million N/S Savannah was bigger than news about...Tags: Cape Canaveral, Museums, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power, Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Police arrest five in raid on Catonsville saloon in 1912
An article in the Nov. 23, 1912, edition of The Argus reported a raid on a local drinking establishment. Samuel Bloom saloon on Frederick road at Paradise was raided Sunday night at 7 o'clock by Patrolmen Hutson and Phelps, of the Canton Police Station....Tags: Music, Catonsville, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Dance
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Gigantic cranes for port of Baltimore are en route from China
About two weeks from now, a cargo ship 21/2 football fields long will squeeze under the Key Bridge and deliver the future of the port of Baltimore.
On its deck are four massive cranes built in China that state officials and the maritime industry hope...Tags: Company Privatization, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Inner Harbor, Atlantic Ocean, China
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Port cargo numbers ahead of 2011 record
With the first three quarters of 2012 in the ledger, the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore appears poised to top several of last year's cargo records. Officials said that through the first nine months, the port's public and private terminals...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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City crafts first zoning overhaul in 40 years
After the Mount Vernon United Methodist Church was ravaged by a lightning-strike fire four years ago, the Hampden neighborhood was left with what appeared to be an unusable building. But Mark Dent saw more than a burned-out shell of an old stone church....
Tags: Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Business, Crime, Law and Justice, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Belinda Conaway
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