The two major sticking points between the international longshoremen S Association and us Maritime Alliance are wages and automation. Workers are unhappy with the current contract, which spanned the pandemic, when Dock Workers stayed on the job and endured months of soaring inflation on automation, the Union Boss has been warning Dock Workers that their jobs could be replaced by machines. In response, the us Maritime Alliance has said its offering to keep the current ban on fully automated equipment. A strike could cost the us economy 5 Billion a day, according to Jp Morgan analysts. A range of Goods Flow through the East And Gulf coast ports, everything from raw materials and pharmaceuticals to clothes and toys, with the ports accounting for more than half of containerised imports. While consumers may not feel the impact of the strikes right away, if it extends for weeks, it could lead to shortages and higher prices ahead of the president ial election. Thats something new York Governo
the ukrainian leader warns his troops in the eastern city of severodonetsk are outnumbered by stronger russian forces. there we go. the technology is working. it isjust there we go. the technology is working. it is just that time of the evening! welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. hopefully the tech gremlins will let us speak to our guests and show you the papers. with me are annabel denham, who s director of communications at the iea the institute of economic affairs the free market think tank, and also with me is the broadcaster john stapleton. good evening to you both. i am glad to see you alive and working there, envision! good stuff. yes, john, fingers crossed! let s run you through those front pages of the newspapers. the mail leads with the rmt s planned industrial action, referring to it as a hard left strike which will paralyse britain. unsuprisingly, it makes the front page of the metro too. the strike will see 50,000 wor
threaten the world s security and prosperity, in an exclusive interview with the bbc. we start in the us where, as you ve been hearing, president biden has been giving his first televised address since taking office. before that though, he signed a record breaking $1.9 trillion economic rescue package for the us into law, after it passed its final vote in congress on wednesday. the first direct payments of $1,400, which will benefit most americans, are expected to start arriving over the weekend. there s also bailout money for state and local governments and an increase in child and unemployment benefit, as welll as more funding for vaccination. the plan was unanimously opposed by house republicans, critics say it goes way beyond what s needed to tackle the pandemic fallout, and risks stoking inflation. so what are the long term implications? ed stringham is economics professor at trinity college in hartford, connecticut, and president of american institute for economic resea
A special session of the Idaho Legislature has been called, a new Free-Market Think Tank is coming to Idaho, an investigation into one irrigation district and a trip into the Zone of Death. Betsy Russell, the Boise Bureau Chief at the Idaho Press and the voice of the Eye on Boise Blog; Clark Corbin with the Idaho Capital Sun; Scott McIntosh, Opinion Editor at the Idaho Statesman; Margaret Carmel, Senior Reporter with BoiseDev.com joined Idaho Matters to talk about the news of the week.