one heck of a job, my envoy especially on ports, who has been working this issue with all the stakeholders for the past several weeks. i also want to thank the port directors, gene and mario, again, and the mayors of los angeles and long beach, mayor garcetti and mayor garcia, for their leadership. i think the private companies that are stepping up, i want to thank them, but i particularly want to thank labor. willie adams of the longshoremen and warehouses union who is here today, the teamsters, the rail unions from the brotherhood of railroad single men, and the international association of machinists, to the american train dispatchers association, to sheet metal, air, rail, and transportation workers union, known as s.m.a.r.t. i want to be clear. this is across the board commitment to going to 24/7. this is a big first step in speeding up the movement of materials and goods through our
the los angeles and long beach. gene spiroca and mario cardono. i apologize, mario. and the president of the international longshoremens union, willie adams. lodges and long beach are home to two of the largest ports in america. together, these ports are among the largest in the world. the best way to make that point is that 40%, 40% of shipping containers that we import into this country come through these two ports. and today, we have some good news. we re going to help speed up the delivery of goods all across america. after weeks of negotiation and working with my team, and with the major union retailers and freight movers, the port of los