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Key FactsDockworkers’ strike halts East and Gulf Coast ports
Oct 2, 2024 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: pbs.org
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: pbs.org
- About 50,000 International Longshoremen’s Association workers are striking at 14 major ports along the East and Gulf coasts.
- The union seeks higher wages and assurances that automation will not expand without its approval.
- If the stoppage lasts beyond one or two weeks, shortages, inflation and estimated daily damage of $5 billion could result.
- President Biden said he would not intervene despite federal authority, with the election only a few weeks away.
We may be 60,000 members from Maine to Texas, but what we control in the economy is billions of billions of dollars every day, every day, OK? And all we want them to do is share.— Boise Butler, International Longshoremen's Association Local 1291; said during a PBS NewsHour segment about the dockworkers strike.
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