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500 southern Illinois union construction jobs guaranteed at Cairo Port after labor agreement reached
CAIRO (WSIL) The construction of a new inland port at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers took another step forward today as the Alexander Cairo Port District completed a project labor agreement (PLA) with the Illinois AFL-CIO.
The project labor agreement ensures that more than 500 jobs created by the construction of the Cairo port will be filled by local Illinois union workers.
Eighty percent of the nation’s inland barge traffic travels past Cairo, and the site is served by three major interstate highways and class 1 rail lines so this new project is expected to have a major impact on the U.S. shipping and logistics industry and the regional economy.
From the Alexander Cairo Port District…
The construction of a new inland port at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers took another step forward today as the Alexander Cairo Port District completed a project labor agreement (PLA) with the Illinois AFL-CIO. The project labor agreement ensures that more than 500 jobs created by the construction of the Cairo port will be filled by local Illinois union workers.
The Alexander-Cairo port represents one of the largest investments in Southern Illinois in decades. Eighty percent of the nation’s inland barge traffic travels past Cairo, and the site is served by three major interstate highways and class 1 rail lines so this new project is expected to have a major impact on the U.S. shipping and logistics industry and the regional economy. Cairo is protected from flooding by recently reinforced levees and remains a deep, ice-free site year-round.
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An agreement between the Alexander Cairo Port District and an Illinois union is guaranteeing 500 Illinois-based construction jobs for building an inland port at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
A release Tuesday from the port district states about 80 percent of the country’s inland barge traffic passes by Cairo, with the project expected to have impacts on nationwide shipping and logistics.
Illinois State Sen. Dale Fowler, a Republican from Harrisburg, in a statement said the labor agreement with the Illinois AFL-CIO will guarantee construction jobs from the project will stay in the state.
“I am confident that Alexander-Cairo port will be game-changing for our state, spurring additional economic development and growth. With such a big undertaking, we could not move forward with this project without the incredible local labor workforce of Southern Illinois spearheading its development,” Fowler said.
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