Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Crisis at the Ports
There’s a crisis at the nation’s West Coast ports. An ongoing dispute between longshoremen and shipping companies has led to a suspension of unloading cargo ships.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThere’s a crisis at the nation’s West Coast ports. An ongoing dispute between longshoremen and shipping companies has led to a suspension of unloading cargo ships. That means huge boats are sitting just offshore, waiting to unload containers filled with products from Asia, while California goods that are supposed to be exported are languishing on the docks. What’s the fight about, and what’s the wider impact?
