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0ur Correspondent Michelle Fleury is at the Port Of Newark in newjersey. Tell us what s going on there and all along the coast. We know the strike is about wages and automation, what s going on with the talks . Right now theres not much going on on on the docks, normally you might see some of the grains over their moving, containers being loaded, and off loaded from giant containerships, but all of that stopped at midnight last night. That is when the Master Contract between the union workers and the us Maritime Alliance expired, and the fight over wages and automation continues to rage and there is little agreement between them on this issue. So right now we are one of the Picket Lines here in newjersey, where workers have gathered short while ago, they stood in a long line singing, no automation, no automation. And we ve heard from the White House in the last few hours ....
United states where ports all across the East And Gulf coasts including here in baltimore have virtually ground to a halt. It means goods ranging from cars to machinery and fresh fruit and vegtables are going to find a lot tougher to get into or out of the worlds biggest economy. An estimated 16,000 workers have stopped working over demands for more pay and less automation. The stoppages could cost the us economy as much as 5bn a day according to the Investment Bankjp Morgan but other experts say it will be less than that. One knock on could be as many as 100,000 people finding themselves temporarily out of work as the impact of the stoppage spreads. 0ur Correspondent Michelle fleury is at the Port Of Newark in newjersey. What other people telling you about how angry they are but also how long this might last . This is one of three dozen ports that are on strike as of midnight ....
From raw materials and pharmaceuticals, clothes and toys, accounting for more than half import in containers. If it extends for weeks, it could lead to shortages and high prices ahead of the presidential election. That is something the new york governor rained in on. The something the new york governor rained in om rained in on. The potentialfor disruption rained in on. The potentialfor disruption is rained in on. The potentialfor disruption is significant. Rained in on. The potentialfor disruption is significant. We. Disruption is significant. We have not had an event like this in our port since 1977 and that lasted 12 days. We ....
Is expected to confirm the National Living wage will be raised to at least £11 an hourfrom next april. When pressed about the pressure on the government to cut taxes, mr sunak said his priority is curbing inflation to ease living costs. Change may be difficult but i believe the country wants chain and i am going to do things definitely to bring about the change. You saw that last summer when i came to this question. It is about bringing inflation down. Inflation is making people feel poorer. The quicker we bring inflation down, the better it is that is why it is right priority. Rishi sunak there talking to laura kuensberg. Lets unpack this further withjustin urquhart stewart, founder of the Investment Platform regionally. Good morning, justin. Lovely to see betty as well as per usual. Now, interesting to see some of the headlines this morning. The metraux just says, wi ....