U.S. Labor Chief to Meet Truckers on Supply Chains in L.A. Trip
- Ports experiencing record-breaking backlogs, spurring delays
- Trucking body has warned of shortage of 80,000 drivers
The Port of Los Angeles on Nov. 16, 2021.
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U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh plans to meet with key members of the transport industry in Los Angeles to discuss supply-chain issues at the nation’s biggest port that are fueling goods shortages and inflation.
“We have to make sure that we ease that supply chain -- the president’s very focused on turning the ports into 24-7” operations, Walsh said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Balance of Power” with David Westin to be broadcast Friday. “I’m going out to Los Angeles in a couple of weeks to talk to some trucking companies and the ports about how do we continue to stay on top of that.”