Chris Phillips

Pacific Maritime magazine

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Managing editor of Pacific Maritime magazine, a monthly trade publication in Seattle that covers the owners of West Coast ports

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The President has sent Labor Secretary Tom Perez to San Francisco to try to bring longshore workers and West Coast shippers together after nine months of working without a contract.

The West Coast Ports and the US Economy

The President has sent Labor Secretary Tom Perez to San Francisco to try to bring longshore workers and West Coast shippers together after nine months of working without a contract.

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