US port strike timing could collide with Trump presidential transition
Presidential transition timing looms large after ILA walks away from negotiating table
Dockworkers at US east and Gulf coast ports could go on strike again on January 16, five days before Donald Trump returns to the White House. ‘The last thing any president wants coming into office is to have an economic crisis on his hands, and that’s essentially what’s going to happen if you’ve got a port strike,’ warns the NRF’s Jonathan Gold