The High Cost of Labor Strife at U.S. Ports
Scott Lincicome
Dear Capitolisters,
It seems like eons ago that I first wrote about some of the long‐term, systemic problems at U.S. ports, and—spoiler alert—nothing much has changed. In fact, the long‐simmering, semi‐decennial contract talks between the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and West Coast port operators has, as I warned last year, officially entered a new phase of bad, with recent months’ work slowdowns turning into a full‐on work stoppage right before Easter:
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