US President Joe Biden called today for “swift and fair” negotiations to end the dock workers’ strike at 14 major ports on the East Coast of the United States, which could have a potentially very significant economic impact, the White House announced. “President Biden and Vice President Harris are monitoring the strike at East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports very closely,” which began a few hours ago, the White House said in a statement. Dock workers along the US East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico went on strike today, disrupting the flow of about half of the nation’s seaborne trade, after negotiations for a new labor contract failed to meet wage demands. The strike is blocking everything from food to vehicles at dozens of ports from Maine to Texas in a strike that analysts warn will cost the economy […]
Source: News Beast
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