Two transportation systems and two labor-management relations systems operate con-currently in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Seaway System. One transportation system is the movement of general cargo overseas with the largest proportion carried in foreign flag registered vessels. Registered vessels engage in international trade. They are prohibited from loading cargo in one port and discharging that same cargo in a port of the same country. General cargo is high value per unit cargo both intrinsically and in the method of handling. The other transportation system is the intralake and lake-river movement of bulk cargo in enrolled vessels. Enrolled vessels engage in intracoastal and domestic movement of cargo. Although U.S.-Canadian movements are technically international, they are exempt from registry requirements and can be made in enrolled vessels. Bulk cargo is low value per unit cargo, and it is usually handled by automated methods. The labor-management relations systems are directly related to the type of cargo carried and whether the vessel is registered or enrolled.
Maritime Labor Organizations on the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Seaway System
1978
107 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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