Strike Loss Rises: Dock Walkout Cost 25 Million A Day
Strike Loss Rises: Dock Walkout Cost 25 Million A Day
Footage is damaged The East Coast longshoremen's strike that has paralyzed shipping from Maine to Texas is costing an estimated $25,000,000 a day as the piers lie idle. 60,000 workers walked out after rejecting a contract and the seamen's union's have refused to cross picket lines, tying up all U.S. flag ships at their piers. A deserted dock. A ship docked with nothing moving around it. Outside of a warehouse where huge crates are piled. A truck driving on the pier. Parked cars. A docked Cruise Ship with people disembarking. Passengers moving around their own luggage on hand trucks. A woman wearing a mink coat and hat looking irritated and very unhappy about the inconvenience of caring for her own luggage. An American ship sitting idle honoring the long shore man strike. The cruise ship the Argentina docked with a skeleton crew, it's cruise with 180 passengers was canceled due to the strike. Deserted parts of the Cruise Ship.