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Labor Dispute Criticized For Slowing West Coast Port Traffic

NPR | By Nathan Rott
Published November 10, 2014 at 5:01 AM EST

At odds are Pacific dockworkers and shipping companies. For months they've been trying to work out a new labor agreement. And now, shippers are accusing dockworkers of deliberately slowing their work.

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Nathan Rott
Nathan (Nate) Rott is a correspondent on NPR’s Science Desk, where he reports on the natural world and humanity’s relationship to it.
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