A huge challenge is ongoing now; a strike by more than 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) AT East Coast and Gulf ports is hurdling U.S imports and exports.
There are higher risks of U.S. factories to slow down if there is no import or export, there might be shortages of food and retail goods that will cause the prices to move higher. This situation will remind the Americans of the inflation crisis that Trump claimed on Biden and Harris. Political pressure will grow eventually every day for no reason, even if there is any. But if they have some in stocks and storage then this situation can be controlled by using it. But this also depends on the time that can be managed with it. After that, there are of course inflation crises due to port worker’s strike and connections between the retailers.
According to Biden, at the end of their political career on supporting unions, he says, ‘he will not use his strength to end the strike. Biden along with Harris, believes that a solution can be found by having proper communication and compromises. This involves an absolute bargaining between the right people.
Trump’s changes to the Republican Party and efforts to attract blue-collar workers are shown in his call for workers to negotiate better pay. A more traditional GOP candidate might have supported port companies and shipping lines. However, the former president is also trying to convince voters that Harris is to blame for the situation.
The Democratic nominee stated on Wednesday that the strike is about “fairness” and the rights of longshoremen to share in the huge profits of shipping companies. She warned that Trump’s pro-worker statements are not genuine. “Donald Trump … wants to take us back to a time when workers didn’t have the freedom to organize,” she said, accusing the GOP nominee of blocking overtime pay and supporting those who attacked unions when he was president.
Still, the strike is the last thing Harris wants as she tries to build on some polls showing her closing the gap with Trump on the economy. the issue that voters consistently say is their top concern before the election.