Trade
US Port Workers Meet on Wages, Issue Fresh Strike Threat
- Union wants pay increase said to be nearly 80% over six years
- Stalled talks spurred retailers to ask for White House help
A container ship at the Port of Newark in New Jersey.
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The union representing East and Gulf coast dockworkers kicks off a two-day meeting Wednesday in New Jersey to discuss wage demands to their employers under the threat of a strike that would disrupt ports from Houston to Boston.