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Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Business Digest
Teamsters may seek release of negotiators
The Teamsters union raised the stakes yesterday in its talks with Airborne Inc.'s ABX Air over a contract for more than 800 flight crews, indicating it may ask federal mediators to release its negotiators from the talks. A release would spark a 30-day "cooling-off" period, and then the union could call a strike or other disruption, Teamsters Local 1224 said.UAW ratifies 5-year contract with Peterbilt
Paccar Inc.'s Peterbilt and the United Auto Workers union ended a 10-month dispute over the weekend when workers ratified a new five-year contract. The vote, 417 to 96, ended a lockout of 750 workers at Peterbilt's Tennessee plant, though only 250 workers will resume work thanks to a slowdown in the industry, according to the union.More containers at Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma reported a 28 percent jump in the number of containers passing though its gates through May, compared with the same period a year ago. The shutdown of West Coast ports last year may be boosting business, the port said, because shippers are now looking to move goods through a wider range of ports.SHIPPING NEWS
Vessels due at the Port of Seattle today, according to the Marine Exchange of Puget Sound, include Westwood Breeze, from Vancouver, B.C., at Terminal 5; and Westwood Rainier, from Vancouver, B.C., at 5. Due tomorrow are California Mercury, from Vancouver, B.C., at 18; MOL Encore, from Los Angeles, at 5; and Westwood Columbia, from Shimizu, Japan, at 5.
This report includes information from P-I staff, The Associated Press and Bloomberg News.
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