October First 2024: US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation's ocean shipping - Reasonable Union Intention, Or Anti-Progress ?

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US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation's ocean shipping​

By Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson / October 1, 2024 10:14 AM GMT-5
  • ILA strike in first such action by the union since 1977
  • Strike could cost the economy an estimated $5 billion a day
  • Strike disputes include pay, terminal automation project issues
  • White House officials hope for short strike, sources say
NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers began a strike early on Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation's ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labor contract broke down over wages.
The strike blocks everything from food to automobile shipments across dozens of ports from Maine to Texas, in a disruption analysts warned will cost the economy billions of dollars a day, threaten jobs and potentially stoke inflation.


Are dockworker's concerns about the intrusion of automation reasonable, legitimate labor concerns? Or are they anti-progress?

And what if anything should President Biden do? Does November's election justify presidential action that otherwise might seem excessive?
 
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