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Dockworkers strike across the U.S., possibly costing the economy $5B per day
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Dockworkers across the country are on strike on Tuesday morning, with workers at 36 ports from Maine to Texas walking picket lines over wages and automation. The strike, which began at midnight, is the first by the International Longshoremen’s Association since 1977 and affects nearly more than 50 thousand union members. The workers are demanding higher wages and a ban on automation and technology when it comes to things like cranes, gates, and moving containers in the loading and unloading of freight. Many workers could be seen chanting “no work without a fair contract.” The union responded with a statement saying, “We are prepared to fight as long as necessary, to stay o

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