raymondmhor.com By raymondmhor
BREAKING NEWS
$5.2 billion in Cargo Stuck off West Coast Ports and Growing Daily
Do You Have A Personal Supply Chain In Place?
Folks, I know that I sound like a broken record at times talking about having a personal supply chain, but what is happening on the west coast is exactly what I have been warning about.
If you do not know, the ENTIRE west coast’s ports have come to a stand still.
Since July 2022, more than 22,000 dockworkers at nearly 30 ports across the West Coast have been working without a contract, causing occasional closures by not showing up to work.
The dockworkers are represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which is advocating better pay, additional benefits and protection from automation.
The labor dispute comes amid record profits earned by port operators. The ILWU claims that port operators made $510 billion during the pandemic but that those riches have not been passed down to dockworkers in the form of increased pay…
