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Longshore Union Says Tariffs Put American Workers Last
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 May 15, 2025 | JOBS | Empty containers unloaded from cargo ships are piling up in Long Beach, Calif. One-fifth of container cargo ship trips into its port for the month of April were cancelled. Stevedores—the people who load and unload the ships—along with port truckers and warehouse workers are all losing their jobs. Unions are pissed. Workers are worried. Economists predict a coming slump, no matter what comes of the trade war. And the local congressman is really upset. …tariffs are starting to bite, even as Trump signals pauses and a partial retreat on his high tariff barriers—taxes the U.S. public will pay—against goods made in China and other countries. “The reality is clear: These tariffs don’t put ‘America First.’ They put American working people last.” Peoples World
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