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US dock workers' threatened strike puts economy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
dock workers could walk off the job on Sunday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], stalling 40 per cent of the nation's containerized cargo traffic and potentially hurting retailers and manufacturers still struggling to find their footing in a weak economy.
The work stoppage by 14,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],000 longshoremen would immediately close cargo ports on the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico to container ships and could cause shipments as varied as flat-screen TVs and sneakers to sit idle at sea or get rerouted at great time and expense.
The White House has weighed in on the issue, urging dockworkers and shipping companies Thursday to reach agreement "as quickly as possible" on a contract extension.
The 15 ports involved in the labour dispute move more than 100 million tons of goods each year. Losing them to a shutdown,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], even for a few days, could cost the economy billions of dollars.
"If the port shuts down, nothing moves in or out," said Jonathan Gold, vice-president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation. factories also rely on container ships for parts and raw materials, meaning supply lines for all sorts of products could be squeezed.
"The global economy moves by water,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and shutting down container ports along the East and Gulf coasts while the national economy remains fragile benefits no one," Deborah Hadden,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], acting port director at Massport, the public agency that oversees shipping terminals in Boston. Maritime Alliance,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a group representing shipping lines,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], terminal operators and port associations, expired in September. Sunday.
The union said its members would agree to an extension only if the Maritime Alliance dropped a proposal to freeze the royalties workers get for every container they unload. The Alliance has argued that the longshoremen, who it said earn an average $124,138 per year in wages and benefits,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], are compensated well enough already.
Federal mediators have been trying to push negotiations along, but there has been no word from either side on the progress of the talks since Dec. 24. As recently as Dec. 19,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the president of the longshoremen, Harold Daggett, said the talks weren't going well and that a strike was expected.
The work stoppage would not be absolute. Longshoremen would continue to handle military cargo, mail, passenger ships, non-containerized items like automobiles and perishable commodities like fresh food.
Joseph Ahlstrom, a professor at the State University of New York's Maritime College and a former cargo ship captain, called container ships the "lifeblood of the country."
"We don't fly in a lot of products. It's just too expensive," Ahlstrom said. Truck drivers might not have any cargo to transport, tug boat captains no ships to guide and freight train operators nothing to haul..
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