Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports
The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation.
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks. (AP Video: Tassanee Vejpongsa)
Dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U.S. are now on strike for the first time in decades. And the work stoppage could snarl supply chains — leading to shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more than a few weeks. (AP Video - Lekan Oyekanmi)
Dockworker Meikysha Wright and others strike outside the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
Dockworkers strike in front of an entrance to a container terminal near Boston Harbor, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
