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Groups ask Obama to help as ILA prepares for strike

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Friday, December 21, 2012

A coalition of more than 100 trade associations from around the country is asking President Obama for help in preventing a strike by members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) as the union posted a document on its Website briefing its members on preparations for a strike to begin at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 30. The "Strike Preparations" memo from ILA President Harold Daggett said "orders to handle containerized cargo shall not be honored," but that order...

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