Longshoremen Strike Cripples U.S. Ports, Impacts Trucking Industry

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Thousands of members of the International Longshoremen’s Association initiated a strike as their contract expired at midnight, impacting dozens of ports across the U.S., including Mobile, New Orleans, and Houston. The strike aims to achieve higher pay for workers and bans on automation at U.S. ports, but is causing major disruptions to the trucking industry nationwide.

The strike is set to impact dozens of ports across the U.S. including ports in Mobile, New Orleans and Houston.

Union leaners say the goals are achieving higher pay for workers and bans on automation at U.S. ports.Longshoremen strike could seriously impact local trucking industry The Alabama Trucking Association says a lot of companies that service the port in Mobile only have around 10 trucks. Some of those companies were left scrambling to meet demand as the deadline for the strike approached.

Between 43 and 49 percent of all U.S. imports and billions of dollars in trade monthly move through Gulf Coast ports and East Coast ports.

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