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Ports Shut Down from Maine to Texas as 45,000 Dockworkers Launch Strike over Pay & Automation

www.democracynow.org Ports Shut Down from Maine to Texas as Dockworkers Launch Strike over Pay & Automation

Dockworkers from Maine to Texas have walked out on the job at all East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, launching the first strike of its kind in almost 50 years. The International Longshoremen’s Association represents some 45,000 workers at 36 ports who are demanding higher wages and guarantees that job...

Ports Shut Down from Maine to Texas as Dockworkers Launch Strike over Pay & Automation

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20998907

October 01, 2024

Guest - Peter Goodman
NewYorkTimes global economics correspondent

[a surprisingly pro-worker viewpoint from a writer from the NYT -PL]

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