Biden’s Advisers Urge Amazon, Home Depot to Keep Baltimore Jobs
- Biden advisers want companies to announce job commitments
- White House concerned about election-year economic disruption
A tractor-trailer truck near the Port of Baltimore in Maryland.
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President Joe Biden’s advisers have called major Baltimore employers — including Amazon.com Inc. and Home Depot Inc. — to encourage them to retain jobs despite the bridge collapse that shut the city’s port, according to people familiar with the matter.
White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients and top economic adviser Lael Brainard have phoned executives from large retailers and distributors following the March 26 downing of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the people said. They have sought voluntary commitments to refrain from dismissals and asked companies to announce those intentions to provide certainty to jobs markets, according to the people.