Presidential Candidates at Odds in Dockworker Strike
Dockworkers at ports stretching from Maine to Texas were walking picket lines as of Tuesday morning, striking over wages and automation. Farm Policy News says it could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes more than a few weeks. There was some progress reported on Monday in the contract talks, but workers went on strike after the current agreement ended at midnight.The strike affects 36 ports and is the first by the union since 1977. Reports say the affected ports handle 68 percent of all containerized exports in the U.S. and approximately 56 percent of containerized imports.
Politico reports that Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday embraced striking dockworkers and bashed former President Donald Trump’s labor policies in her first public comments since the work stoppage. https://shorturl.at/RuaNF
Meanwhile Fox Business News reports that former President Donald Trump says the strike involving tens of thousands of port workers is a result of "the massive inflation that was created by the Harris-Biden regime." https://shorturl.at/ykT84