Dockworkers at three dozen ports from Maine to Texas walked off the job early Tuesday in a strike that «could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes.
Dockworkers at three dozen ports from Maine to Texas walked off the job early Tuesday in a strike that «could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks», the AP reports. The affected East and Gulf Coast ports «handle more than half of American import and export volumes», per the Wall Street Journal. The strike affects some 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, whose contract with the ports expired at midnight. The workers, who earn a base salary of roughly $81,000 per year, are seeking better wages and guarantees that their jobs won’t become automated.
