Today, Mayor Bloomberg was joined by Newark Mayor Cory Booker to call on Congress to allow ports throughout the country to implement the Clean Truck Program developed in Los Angeles.

More than 5,000 trucks meeting 2007 federal emissions standards are hauling more than half of the cargo containers coming in and out of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, officials reported to mark today's first anniversary of the disputed Clean Trucks Program.

Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa applauded the announcement by the Salvadoran government that it will reopen the investigation into the assassination of Teamsters Port Division Representative Gilberto Soto after nearly five years since his death in Usulutan, El Salvador.

A broad alliance of national, state and local environmental, public health, community and labor organizations today applauded President Barack Obama for his appointment of Joseph E. Brennan as acting chair of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), the DC agency charged with reviewing ocean-bound commerce.