Ports Along the East and Gulf Coasts Paralyzed as Longshoremen Stage Historic Strike

Today’s walkout at 14 major shipping terminals is the largest in nearly 50 years.

AP/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez
Workers take part in a port strike at Port Newark, October 1, 2024, at Bayonne, New Jersey AP/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez

For the first time in nearly half a century, the longshoremen of the East and Gulf Coasts staged a walkout with a worker’s strike poised to cut off most of the trade at some of the busiest ports in America.

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