Republican lawmakers are pushing for President Joe Biden to reverse his stance against intervening in a dockworkers strike expected to stymie supply chains and raise prices, by invoking his executive powers.
Port workers represented by union International Longshoremen’s Association joined picket lines early Tuesday as contract negotiations with the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents the ports, stalled over wages and the impact of automation. The strike affects ports across the East and Gulf coasts.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves, R-Mo., and Maritime Subcommittee Chairman Daniel Webster, R-Fla., on Tuesday wrote to Biden urging him to use authority in the Taft-Hartley Act to intervene and end the strike.
