Joe Biden backs dockworkers in labor strike, urges ocean carriers to offer ‘fair contract’
President Joe Biden on Tuesday night backed union dockworkers and pressured US port employers to put forward a “fair contract” ahead of the second day of historic port strikes. Some 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association walked off the job on Tuesday – picketing at ports stretching from Maine to Texas as they fight for higher wages and protections from automation to be included in their new contract.