250 watchmen, one picket line and half of America’s busiest port complex

A threatened Sunday walkout at Los Angeles and Long Beach may be delayed until Wednesday. The real danger is the reach of a small union local, with 35,688 containers already waiting for rail service. It takes a special kind of labor dispute to put half a port complex at risk with a workforce smaller than the guest list at a medium-sized wedding. At Los Angeles and Long Beach, some 250 security ...

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