Shipping Industry Officials Fight Pay Raise For Great Lakes Freighter Pilots
 

The Coast Guard sets the rates for what pilots on ships should be paid. This year it recommended a 58 percent hike ? landing pilots on the Great Lakes in the $325,000 salary range. Several shipping companies and associations are suing, and some local port authorities have joined in, citing concerns that the hike will push freighters to carry cargo elsewhere.

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