jollibet Here’s What to Know About the Port Strike
Thousands of unionized dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday morningjollibet, stranding cargo and sending ripples through supply chains for consumer goods and manufacturing parts.
A contract between the operators of port terminals and the International Longshoremen’s Association, covering workers who load and unload cargo ships at three dozen ports, expired on Monday. Their facilities include huge container ports in New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia and Texas, as well as the Port of Baltimore, a major hub for the import and export of vehicles and heavy machinery.
The port operators group, the United States Maritime Alliance, and the union remain at an impasse over wage increases. President Biden said that he was not planning to invoke a nearly 80-year-old law to force dockworkers back to work. It is the first such walkout at all these ports since 1977.
Which ports and goods would be affected?Workers at ports from Maine to Texas walked off the job at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. These ports handle about half of all goods shipped to the United States in containers. One of them, the Port of New York and New Jersey, is the third busiest in the country.
A map showing the major ports along the East and Gulf Coasts where the roughly 45 thousand dock workers represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association union, or I.L.A., are on strike. They are the ports of: Boston, New York and New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Virginia, Wilmington N.C., Charleston S.C., Savannah Ga., Jacksonville Fla., Tampa, Miami, Mobile Ala., New Orleans and Houston.
Where Port Workers
Have Walked Out
The International Longshoremen’s Association union, or I.L.A., represents about 45,000 dock workers at all the major ports along the East and Gulf Coasts.
Boston
New York and
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Ports of:
Virginia
Wilmington, N.C.
Charleston, S.C.
Savannah, Ga.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Mobile, Ala.
Houston
New
Orleans
Tampa
Miami
Where Port Workers Have Walked Out
Boston
The International Longshoremen’s Association union, or I.L.A., represents about 45,000 dock workers at all the major ports along the East and Gulf Coasts.
New York and
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Ports of:
Virginia
Wilmington, N.C.
Charleston, S.C.
Savannah, Ga.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Mobile, Ala.
Houston
Tampa
New
Orleans
Miami
Source: International Longshoremen’s Association
By Karl Russell
Longshoremen play a crucial role in the movement of cargo. They are responsible for loading and unloading ships, and they secure vessels that arrive and depart from U.S. ports. For the most part, ocean transport to and from these ports can’t happen without them.
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