The people who move goods from ship to shore are on strike along Americas east coast.
The unions existing contract expired on Monday at midnight after negotiations with the bosses broke down.
Without the longshoremen, Americas supply chain shuts down.
Dockworkers strike outside of the Port of Newark after members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, or ILA, began walking off the job after 12:01 a.m. ET on October 01, 2024 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.© Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Goods might be scarce.
According to ILA President Harold J. Daggett, thats the point.
You know whats gonna happen?
Be all over the news every night, boom boom.
Second week, guys who sell cars cant sell cars because the cars aint comin in off the ships.
They get laid off.
Malls start closing down.
They cant get the goods from China.
Everything in the United States comes from a ship.
The ILA is negotiating with the United States Maritime Alliance which represents ports and the major shipping companies.
The ILA wants a 77% increase and a complete ban on automation at the ports.
In todays world, Ill cripple ya.
I will cripple you and you have no idea what that means.
Nobody does, he said in his interview on YouTube.
The robots are already at the ports.
There are already three fully automated terminals in the U.S.More are on the way.
Dockworkers on the West Coast struck a deal with the Maritime Alliance last year.
Theysecured a pay raisewithout having to strike but did not stop the rollout of automation.
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