Updated: US port strike action called off
The strike, at ports including Baltimore, New York and New Jersey, and Miami, could have cost the US economy $5bn a day, and came at a difficult time as tensions mount in the Middle East, the US recovers from Hurricane Helene and the upcoming US election.
At the stroke of midnight on October 1, 2024, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), a union, announced its first coastwide strike since 1977 over wages and worries about automation, with major ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast closing down for an unknown period.
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