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R E P O R T PA G E 4 EVOLUTION (conttnueddrom pret~ous page) USMX and ILA establisha joint Salety Committee to ensure a safer w o r l K e r e n v i r o n m e n t a t t h e t e r m l - nals USMX and ILA appoint a former US Attorney as an ethical practices monitor to protect MILA and the industry against RICO charges. USMX protects management's in- terests by monitoring events during a criminal trml in Brooklyn that in- cluded allegations that MILA and three other Taft-Har tley funds had been defrauded¸ USMX and ILA defeat another at- tempt to set aside the 2004-2010 Master Contract brought by the Workers Coalition in South Caroli- na federal district court¸ USMX represents the industxy m hearings conducted by Arbitrator John E Sands on ~e Port of Dis- covery program in the Port of New York and New Jersey¸ USMX represents the industry in a civil RICO action brought in Brook- lyn at includs allegations by ~e government that MILA and other w a t e r f r o n t b u s i n e s s @ s a n d u n i o n s were being controlled through a pattern of racketeering activity¸ USMX and ILA revamp the Con- tainer Freight Station (C'FS) pro- gram to require payments based on productivity, ~us saving millions of dollars. ~ . USMX t h e e m p l o y e r s i n r e p r e s e n t s an arbitration addressing the intro- duction of new technology in Bal- timore and resulting in an award protecting an employe~s right to introduce new technology¸ USMX represents the employers m Charleston after ILA Local 1422 files an unialr labor practice charge with the NLRB The ctlarge is with- drawn by Local 1422 USMX, NAWE, PMA and World Shipping Council work together to defeat iederal leglslation that would have required inspection of all containers entering the United States. USMX, NAWE and PMAcontmue protecting the industry's interests with respect to the implementation of the TWIC program. ~ For the 30th consecutive there year, is no major work stoppage. Tonnage tar Contract Year ending September 30, 2007 exceeds 105 million tons be Port of Mobile becomes a party to the Master Cantxact USMX and ILA amend the CFS Trust Plan to enable the indus- try to use CFS money to pay for TWIC expenses An Industry Appellate Commit- tee meeting conducted in No- vember addresses and resolves 29 grievances tram 4 ports. 3 r e a c h e s a r e c o r d ] e v e ] o f Tonnage 111 milhon tons USMX defends theindustxy again, after the government re-files the civil RICO case in Brooklyn follow- ing the judge's dismissal of the government's case against MILA m the first civil RICO actmn.

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