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News Wrap: Shippers, Dockworkers Urged to Settle Dispute

Clip: 12/27/2012 | 3m 16s

News Wrap: White House Urges Shippers, Dockworkers to Settle Contract Dispute

In other news Thursday, a White House spokesperson spoke in favor of reconciliation between shippers and union dockworkers to avoid a strike that would cripple ports on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Also, a strong winter storm that plowed through the South and Midwest reached the Northeast, bringing the death toll to 16.

12/27/2012

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