Port strike begins — ChainStoreAge.com

A strike has begun among port workers on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico:

“With the union unable to agree on a new master contract with the United States Maritime Alliance, or USMX, several terminals stopped running shortly after midnight. The union said, ‘tens of thousands of ILA rank-and-file members began setting up picket lines at waterfront facilities up and down the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.’”

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