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Baltimore ILA Branches File Class Action Against Dali Owners
Both the owner and operator of the Dali container ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, causing its collapse, are under a flurry of new legal claims.Class Action Accuses Walmart of Allowing ORC on Marketplace Due to Insufficient Merchant Vetting Already prepping for likely strike action across the East and Gulf Coast ports, members of three Baltimore-area local branches of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are suing Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited for their role in the deadly accident. The incident, which resulted in the deaths of six construction workers, closed off access to...
Thousands of ILA dockworkers plan to strike Tuesday, including in Baltimore
Tens of thousands of dockworkers along the East and Gulf coasts are expected to walk off the job and onto picket lines after midnight Monday in a strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association. A strike would shut down the Port of Baltimore, where the union represents around 2,400 workers, for the second time this year. The port was largely closed for about two months after the ...
Special financing to rehab Baltimore vacants to be introduced to City Council
Legislation needed to create a first-of-its-kind tax zone aimed at rehabilitating thousands of vacant properties in Baltimore will be introduced to the Baltimore City Council on Monday, a crucial step in executing a $3 billion housing plan proposed by Mayor Brandon Scott. As proposed, the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district will include nearly 8,000 city properties targeted for ...
Coast Guard investigates sheen near vessel anchored in Inner Harbor Thursday
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to the report of an oil sheen near a bulk carrier anchored in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Thursday night. Watchstanders from the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Maryland National Capital Region received a report around 6:42 p.m. about an unknown sheen around the SSI Defiant following what the Coast Coast described as a “propulsion casualty,” according to a news release. A ...
Baltimore Museum of Industry begins collecting stories of Key Bridge tragedy, seeking ‘spirituality and love’
Six months after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Baltimore Museum of Industry has begun documenting the stories of the people whose lives it touched. Community artist Maria Gabriela Aldana, co-founding director of Baltimore-based Art of Solidarity, is collecting oral histories as part of “Echoes from the Key Bridge,” a project recording firsthand accounts of what happened ...
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