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US Dockworkers Begin Ports Strike

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The Facts

  • Some 50K members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) went on a strike Tuesday at the US's East and Gulf Coast ports, the first time since 1977.

  • As their contracts with 36 ports expired at midnight, dockworkers reportedly began walking picket lines seeking fair new ones and an end to job automation.


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