Dockworker Strike Closes Ports All Down U.S. East Coast

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U.S. dockworkers represented by the International Longshoreman's Association have gone on strike after their contracts with 36 ports on the U.S. east and gulf coasts expired without an agreement on pay increases and automation.

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00:00Dockworkers have gone on strike all along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast, cutting

00:05off around half the nation's shipping.

00:08The International Longshoremen's Alliance, or ILA, began a strike for the first time

00:13since 1977.

00:15The union's contracts with ports expired overnight without agreement on pay increases and automation

00:22that dockworkers say threatens their jobs.

00:24The action is expected to cause billions of dollars of losses a day and could lead

00:29to shortages and higher inflation if it continues.

00:33Automation of our nation's ports should be a concern for everyone.

00:37The truth is robots do not pay taxes, they do not spend money in their communities.

00:42The ILA would continue to fight until its members receive the fair contract they deserve.

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