ILA port strike LIVE: Dockworkers hit picket lines in Philadelphia

Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks. The contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) expired at midnight, and even though progress was reported in talks on Monday, the workers went on strike. The strike affecting 36 ports is the first by the union since 1977. Read more here: #usa #port #strike