ASAP fashion news archive - apparel industry news from before September 2005
This page is part of the ASAP fashion news archive on Apparel Search, which collected apparel, fashion and textile industry news from before September 2005. For current coverage, see the Apparel Search news page and the fashion blog.
From: ASAP
The Bush administration is set to seek a court order Tuesday afternoon to reopen West Coast ports after a federal panel looking at an ongoing labor dispute said federal intervention is needed to break the impasse.
The lockout of 10,500 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union essentially has choked U.S.-Asian trade since Sept. 27 and caused an estimated $2 billion in damage a day to the U.S. economy.