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Oakland City Council approves coal ban ordinance| Oakland City Hall: The Oakland City Council voted Monday 7-0 to approve a coal ban ordinance, which would keep coal from being exported from the city | |
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| May.1 |
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Hundreds took streets for May Day marches  Union workers, who made up a large part of the crowd of protesters, focused on a modern day issue: relations between police and people of color
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Labor secretary meets with both sides in port dispute Stalled labor negotiations that have snarled West Coast ports got a hopeful boost as Thomas Perez met in an attempt to resolve a dispute
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Protesters block unloading of Israeli ship in Oakland  Protesters angered by Israel’s actions in Gaza gathered in an effort to prevent a cargo ship managed by an Israeli company from unloading
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Oakland protest blocks unloading of Israeli cargo ship Activists protesting Israel's military action in Gaza converged on the Port of Oakland in an effort to block the unloading of an Israeli cargo...
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| Dec.13 |
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 Protest called off at port of overnight This morning, protestors who tried to shutdown the Port of Oakland are claiming mission accomplished after holding their ground for 24 hours
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| Dec.12 |
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 Group stops trucks at Oakland ports Triumphant protesters marched and rallied and celebrated outside the port after derailing the evening shift at the nation's fifth-busiest port
| Scott Olsen, the Marine Corps veteran who was struck in the head during a clash with police, is leading the evening march to the Port
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Occupy protesters try to disrupt ports Several hundred people began picketing at the Port of Oakland before dawn and were blocking some trucks from going through at least two entrances
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| Dec.4 |
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Oakland Port to Occupiers: Don't shut us In the front section of the Oakland Tribune a full-page, color advertisement published by the port with the basic message of keeping the port open
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| Nov.3 |
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Protesters block Port of Oakland entrance Map of 3rd and Adeline Oakland| 94607: A small group of Occupy protesters has blocked the entrance to the Port of Oakland. They've erected a chain link fence and placed dumpsters | |
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Oakland protesters shut down port Thousands of anti-corporate protesters shut down one of the busiest ports. The maritime operations had effectively halted
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Hundreds marching to the Port of Oakland A crowd of hundreds of people are marching to the Port of Oakland as they try to disrupt the flow of goods at the nation's fifth-busiest port
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Protesters prepare to march to Port Oakland Downtown: At Frank Ogawa Plaza demonstrators are preparing and making signs for Wednesday's general strike
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 Workers close port in support of Grant| On Saturday, the Longshore and Warehouse Union shut down the Port of Oakland to express their concerns wo weeks before sentencing | |
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| Jun.20 |
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Protesters Block Unloading Of Israeli Ship Hundreds of protesters condemning Israel's raid on an international flotilla bound for Gaza are picketing, where an Israeli ship is due to arrive
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Mediator Tackles Ship Unloading Dispute A federal mediator is getting involved in a labor dispute over the unloading of a Chinese cargo ship carrying steel parts for the Bay Bridge
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| May.1 |
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Protests, Picket Lines At Port Protesters are walking picket lines to convince truckers to take part in an attempted port shutdown protesting U.S. military conflicts
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| Jan.4 |
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Port closer to getting funding to clean air California Air Resources Board administrators recommended that the port be awarded $3.4 million from a state bond measure
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 $2.8 million grant to improve security The grant was determined by a new risk-based formula that weighs threat, vulnerability, and consequence
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| Feb.25 |
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Port preparing for 2 new cranes The cranes from Shanghai, China, will rise about 24 stories above the waterfront
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Jerry Bridges named as port director Yoshitani is retiring and returning to Baltimore. Bridges was director of maritime at the Port of Oakland since 2001
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Anti-War Protest Protesters at the Port of Oakland are demanding accountability from Oakland police at a rally
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25 anti-war protesters to be prosecuted Those arrested during the protest at the Port of Oakland have been charged with a total of 63 misdemeanor counts
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