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Sides in damaging coastal
seaport dispute still talking
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By JUSTIN PRITCHARD
Associated Press
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for dockworkers and their employers
spent Thursday renewing their efforts
to reach a new contract that would re-
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of international trade — to West Coast
seaports.
It was the third day that the U.S.
labor secretary oversaw talks in San
Francisco which began nine months
ago but broke down in recent weeks.
As negotiators haggle, billions of
dollars of cargo sits on ships anchored
outside the 29 ports. They cannot
dock because of historically bad cargo
bottlenecks at ports that handle about
$1 trillion of trade annually, much of
it with Asia.
Though the economic impact has
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— U.S. produce and meat exporters,
for example, and smaller importers of
consumer goods — no less than Wal-
Mart Stores Inc. warned Thursday that
congestion at the ports could affect se-
lection in the retail giant’s stores.
Thursday also saw continued pres-
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deal.
“Every day that goes by without a
resolution only adds to the economic
pain for the West Coast and the en-
tire country. This cannot continue,”
California’s two Democratic U.S.
senators, Barbara Boxer and Dianne
Feinstein, wrote to the leaders of the
International Longshore and Ware-
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Association of employers. The associ-
ation represents companies that own,
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A man in foreground talks on the phone Tuesday in the San Pedro sec-
tion of Los Angeles as cargo ships are anchored near the Ports of Long
Beach and Los Angeles.
load and unload massive ocean-going
ships.
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comments, but they do appear more
engaged than before. On Wednesday,
talks extended into the evening.
The sticking point is not health
care or wages, but whether to change
the arbitration system dockworkers
and companies use to resolve work-
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In recent weeks, employers have
intermittently shut down most port
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for crane crews that load and unload
containers and more recently extend-
ed that lockout to weekends and holi-
days, saying they would not give pre-
mium pay to workers they believe are
intentionally slowing down.
The union denies a slowdown. It
blames problems moving cargo on
factors including a shortage of trucks
and drivers.
On Thursday, its members closed
the Port of Oakland by holding their
monthly meeting during the day, rath-
er than at night.
State Senate votes to dissolve Cover Oregon
The change is largely bureaucrat-
ic. Oregon would continue operating
an insurance exchange under Presi-
SALEM — The state Senate dent Barack Obama’s health care
voted Thursday to dissolve Cover law using a federal website. The
Oregon and merge the failed insur- management would be transferred
ance exchange into an existing state away from the semi-autonomous
agency.
corporation that now handles it to
Two Republicans joined all 18 the Department of Consumer and
Democrats in approving the mea- Business Services. The latter agency
sure Thursday. It heads next to the is subject to more legislative control.
House.
“I think of Cover Oregon some-
The expensive failure of Cov- times as a zombie,” said Sen. Alan
er Oregon’s website was an em- Bates, D-Medford. “Every time we
barrassment for former Gov. John bury it, another arm comes striking
Kitzhaber. It prompted dueling law- up out of the ground, and I don’t
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the software giant Oracle, which completely, but it’s a step in the right
was the main technology contractor. direction.”
JONATHAN J. COOPER
Associated Press
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raised concerns with the bill, saying
the state is “engaged in an effort to
change the law midstream.”
Lawyers for the state have told
a federal judge that the bill would
strengthen their argument against
Oracle’s claim of copyright infringe-
ment because the state is generally
immune from litigation under the
U.S. Constitution, but an autono-
mous Cover Oregon is not.
Republican Sens. Brian Boquist
of Dallas and Jackie Winters of Sa-
lem joined all the Democrats in sup-
porting the measure.
“I don’t like any of the courses of
action, but this is the best one,” Bo-
quist said.
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SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy with
a shower
Partly sunny
Plenty of sunshine
52° 34°
45° 22°
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Chilly with plenty
of sunshine
Plenty of sunshine
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
37° 20°
43° 23°
49° 29°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
55° 32°
47° 21°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
54°
48°
68° (1930)
35°
30°
8° (2006)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.76"
0.78"
1.48"
2.17"
2.16"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
56°
49°
66° (1995)
28°
29°
9° (1936)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.61"
0.65"
1.05"
1.58"
1.93"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
Feb 25
Mar 5
Last
Mar 13
46° 23°
51° 28°
Seattle
52/39
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
41° 20°
6:50 a.m.
5:29 p.m.
7:39 a.m.
8:10 p.m.
New
Mar 20
Spokane
Wenatchee
46/30
55/35
Tacoma
Moses
54/35
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 53/32
46/32
53/37
54/34
58/30
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
52/36
51/37 Lewiston
57/32
Astoria
51/35
53/37
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
54/37
Pendleton 44/28
The Dalles 55/32
52/34
55/33
La Grande
Salem
49/32
55/37
Albany
Corvallis 54/37
56/39
John Day
47/30
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
57/33
56/36
49/23
Caldwell
Burns
54/31
48/24
Medford
58/32
Klamath Falls
52/22
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Eastern and Central Oregon: Some sun
today; a shower across the north and in the
upper Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today
with a shower in the area. Clear to partly
cloudy tonight.
Eastern Washington: Rather cloudy today.
Snow showers in the mountains; a shower
across the south and near the Idaho border.
Cascades: Periods of clouds and sun today.
Mainly clear tonight.
Northern California: Partly sunny today;
cooler in the interior mountains. Partly
cloudy tonight.
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Newport
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
41
72
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76
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Saturday
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National Summary: Snow will break out over the Upper Midwest and northern Rockies
today with rain over the lower Mississippi Valley and some ice in between. The East will be
dry and cold. Much of the West will be dry and warm.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 85° in Palm Springs, Calif.
Low -42° in Cotton, Minn.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
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Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
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Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
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