ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } Dockworkers Union Accepts New Labor Contract – BCI 24 News Network
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Dockworkers Union Accepts New Labor Contract

26 February 2025 6:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

The dockworkers’ union that briefly halted container ports from Texas to Maine last October has overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new labor contract, a deal the union’s leadership said would ensure labor peace for the next six years.
The contract has the backing of 99 percent of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) rank-and-file members, the union announced on Tuesday.
The agreement, described by ILA President Harold Daggett as the “gold standard” for ports worldwide, calls for a 62 percent wage increase over six years to raise the hourly rate for workers from $39 to $63.
The union and port operators also reached a critical agreement on automation, a long-standing point of contention. While the union feared that automated equipment would replace human workers, port operators and shipping companies argued that U.S. docks are falling behind international counterparts that have embraced automation to improve efficiency….