nope. this is more than the rail strike a year or two ago. and it's not mostly about wages, or even safety. it's about the threat of replacement by robotics. every worthless port in the us is obsolete and in total need of replacement, except maybe savannah. the shipping industry is more complex than people know. ports are designed for specific sizes of container ships - they're not all the same. the the containers ships depend on what needs to go where. there was a strike in the 70s, took 3 months to settle. you don't just call up scab labor for this. the problem is as much the faulty equipment they're using, as their other demands. this strike has the potential of shutting down the country and world for a long time. supply chains are about to get wrecked. and the wh has no one on it.
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