October 2nd, 2024 by WCBC Radio

Almost as soon as they got back to work, longshore workers at the Port of Baltimore are off again, this time manning picket lines in a strike of the International Longshoremen’s Association.  The union is striking for better pay and the threat against job security they see coming from automation.  ABC’s Elizabeth Shultze has more on the strike…

“Fourteen vital ports that absorb more than half of the cargo shipped to the U-S from other countries are now at a standstill. Fresh fruit, clothes, machinery and medicine won't be loaded on or off container ships–potentially costing the American economy up to 7.5 billion dollars in one week.”