W. Coast protests cause minor port delays

Dec 13, 2011 | 05:49 PM | Catherine Ngai

Tags  West Coast ports, terminal operations, Port of Tacoma, Schnitzer Steel, Port of Oakland, Port of Long Beach, Occupy

NEW YORK — West Coast ports resumed normal operations Tuesday morning after Occupy demonstrators caused minor delays and setbacks at some terminal operations Monday.

The planned protests, first announced in November, were part of a united West Coast port shutdown organized by the Occupy movement (AMM, Nov. 30).....





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