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The Ports Are Closed, What Does That Mean For Us?

Name: The Ports Are Closed, What Does That Mean For Us?
Uploaded: 2024-10-04T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 41 s
Channel: Latasha Transrina Kebe
Description: Longshore workers have shut down U.S. seaports on the East Coast, Florida, and Texas in a massive strike. Between 45,000 and 100,000 workers walked off…

4 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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Longshore workers have shut down U.S. seaports on the East Coast, Florida, and Texas in a massive strike. Between 45,000 and 100,000 workers walked off the job demanding higher wages, and the International Longshoremen's Association says the strike continues until demands are met. Striking workers are filing for unemployment benefits.

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All the ports all the way up the East Coast, down to Florida and Texas, are closed. Go ahead, let them tell you about it.
The deal with some 45,000 workers, they walked off the job at seaports across the country.
Everybody quit. It's about— they said it was around 100,000 people. Y'all know I'm gonna exaggerate this a little bit. And they all said quit. They all said F you. They They ain't coming back no more. Catch them if you can, and they better have their last check. Now, all of these people are apparently in the unemployment line, and they're gonna get that first check whether y'all approve or deny, because unemployment does give a first check regardless, and you ain't gotta give it back. So that's all that matter. Go ahead, keep going.
Now, it's the second day of strikes. The ILA chief has insisted the walk-off will last until demands of the workers are met, or the union are met. What do workers want?
Yeah. Pause. More money, more money, more money.