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Shipping containers are stacked as dockworkers are on strike in Port Newark on October 1, 2024 in New Jersey.
Photo: Bryan R. SMITH / AFP
Source: AFP
Just a short drive from the New York skyline, giant cranes, containers, and machinery stand motionless behind closed gates.
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), 85,000 members strong, has launched its first strike since 1977 after weeks of deadlocked negotiations over a six-year labor agreement.
“It’s not just money, it’s our future,” declared Herbert Hall, a 76-year-old vice president of the dockworkers’ union.
Speaking…
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