Concerns of West Coast port disruptions amid contract talks

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ABC News’ Matt Gutman reports on the dispute as operators accuse dockworkers of effectively shutting down some of the biggest ports on the West Coast, from Southern California to Seattle.
1:11 | 06/05/23

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TRAINS THAN UPGRADING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE. INFRASTRUCTURE. >> NOW TO THE DISPUTE >> NOW TO THE DISPUTE THREATENING TRAFFIC ON THE WEST THREATENING TRAFFIC ON THE WEST COAST. COAST. OPERATORS ARE ACCUSING DOCK OPERATORS ARE ACCUSING DOCK WORKERS OF SHUTTING DOWN PORTS WORKERS OF SHUTTING DOWN PORTS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO SEATTLE. SEATTLE. MATT GUTMAN HAS MORE. MATT GUTMAN HAS MORE. >> Reporter: 40% OF THE ALL THE >> Reporter: 40% OF THE ALL THE CARGO COMING INTO THE U.S. GOES CARGO COMING INTO THE U.S. GOES INTO WEST COAST PORTS. INTO WEST COAST PORTS. THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES HANDLED THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES HANDLED 10 MILLION CONTAINERS IN 2022. 10 MILLION CONTAINERS IN 2022. NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN LONG SHORE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN LONG SHORE WORKERS UNION AND SHIPPING WORKERS UNION AND SHIPPING OPERATORS HAVE LANGISHED OVER OPERATORS HAVE LANGISHED OVER THE PAST YEAR AND SINCE THE THE PAST YEAR AND SINCE THE WEEKEND, THE SHIPPING OPERATORS WEEKEND, THE SHIPPING OPERATORS HAVE SEEN LABOR DISRUPTIONS THEY HAVE SEEN LABOR DISRUPTIONS THEY SAY HAVE SHUT DOWN OR ARE SAY HAVE SHUT DOWN OR ARE SEVERELY IMPACTING SOME OF THE SEVERELY IMPACTING SOME OF THE TERMINALS AT THE MAJOR PORTS. TERMINALS AT THE MAJOR PORTS. BASICALLY THEY ARE SAYING THE BASICALLY THEY ARE SAYING THE LONG SHORE WORKERS HAVE NOT LONG SHORE WORKERS HAVE NOT SHOWN UP FOR WORK. SHOWN UP FOR WORK. THE BIGGEST DISRUPTIONS IN THE BIGGEST DISRUPTIONS IN OAKLAND. OAKLAND. LONG LINES OF TRUCKS THERE. LONG LINES OF TRUCKS THERE. ALSO TACOMA, WASHINGTON AND ALSO TACOMA, WASHINGTON AND SEATTLE. SEATTLE. THE LONG SHORE WORKERS UNION IS THE LONG SHORE WORKERS UNION IS SAYING THEY ARE STILL SAYING THEY ARE STILL NEGOTIATING WHAT THEY WANT THEY NEGOTIATING WHAT THEY WANT THEY SAY IS A GREATER SHARE OF THE SAY IS A GREATER SHARE OF THE RECORD PROFITS THAT THE SHIPPING RECORD PROFITS THAT THE SHIPPING OPERATORS HAVE SEEN OVER THE OPERATORS HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT IF THESE DISRUPTIONS BUT IF THESE DISRUPTIONS CONTINUE, THAT COULD

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