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With ships idling off SoCal coast, workers there are stuck at sea. How are they faring?
More than 100 ships off the coast of LA — a record number — are waiting to offload their cargo. As a result, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order directing state agencies to figure out how to get the goods off ships faster.
By Madeleine Brand • • 7m ListenMore than 100 ships off the coast of LA — a record number — are waiting to offload their cargo. As a result, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order directing state agencies to figure out how to get the goods off ships faster. But it’s not just consumer goods stuck on the ships. Thousands of foreign workers are also stuck at sea. Some haven’t been on land for months.
“They’re effectively stuck at work. ... The vessel is their workplace. And the other crew members are their colleagues,” says Alena Maschke, reporter for Long Beach Business Journal/Long Beach Post.
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3 of 5Grammy winner Terence Blanchard on the honor and pride of being Met Opera’s first Black composer- 0:00Democrats’ voting rights expansion bill fails to pass GOP filibuster in Senate. What’s next?
- 9:4954 homeless encampments are the latest targets by LA City Council for sweeps
- 19:01With ships idling off SoCal coast, workers there are stuck at sea. How are they faring?You’re reading this
- 26:15Why representation matters in ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones,’ the first Black-led opera at the Met
- 41:45Huitlacoche tastes like corn-flavored mushroom. It can be used as mayonnaise, butter, and more