TheStandard.com
More than 4,000 protesters, including Hongkong International Terminals contracted workers, marched on the Central Government Offices calling on the government to negotiate an end to the 11-day docks strike. The protest came yesterday as Confederation of Trade Unions leader Lee Cheuk-yan urged Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to press the port operator to negotiate with workers.
Bloomberg News
Workers at Hongkong International Terminals Ltd., backed by billionaire Li Ka-shing’s port operator, continued a six-day strike for higher wages after a court ruling barred them from entering terminals in the city.
The following is an update of the potential effects of the Sequestration on Federal agencies responsible for monitoring international, particularly import, shipments. As cargo volumes increase after the recent Lunar New Year holiday, these effects increasingly will manifest themselves, causing some supply chain disruption and delay.
U.S. House of Representatives on March 6 approved H.R. 933, the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013. The bill provides necessary funding to keep the doors of the government open until the end of the fiscal year on September 30.
Customs and Border Protection has posted the latest information regarding the effects of sequestration on CBP Operations on their website at:http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/advisories/info_seq_cbpops/.
As the Sequester appears more certain, senior CBP (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) officials held a conference call on Friday, 22 February to share their strategy to deal with the mandated cuts in CBP funding.
The following announcement shared by the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employees Association says that a settlement has been reached with the OCU.
The following press release from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service announces that the USMX and ILA have reached an agreement for a comprehensive successor Master Agreement, subject to ratification by their respective members.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) extended the annual medical device establishment registration period for fiscal year 2013 (FY2013) by one month. The FY2013 annual registration period that was scheduled to end on December 31, 2012, will now end on January 31, 2013. This means that an establishment may renew its registration through January 31, 2013.
The federal mediator, FMCS for the ILA and USMX negotiations issued a brief statement today. The ILA and employers are trying to work out a deal before their latest contract extension expires on February 6. The contract originally was set to expire last September 30 but has been extended twice.
