US PORT WORKERS UNION BACKED BY WHITE HOUSE IN STRIKE

A strike by 45,000 dockworkers halting shipments at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports entered its second day on Wednesday with no negotiations currently scheduled between the two sides.

The lack of progress is raising concerns among those reliant on shipments that the disruption could be prolonged. The International Longshoremen's Association union strike has blocked goods from food to automobile shipments across dozens of ports from Maine to Texas, which analysts warn will cost the economy billions of dollars a day.

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