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Edward Helmore in Elizabeth, New Jersey

Striking US port workers sound resolute note: ‘This is for our future generations’

people hold signs during a strike at a port
Dockworkers strike outside of the Port of Newark in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on 1 October 2024. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A parade of tractors without their trailers made their way through the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine terminal on Wednesday morning, blaring their horns, to cheers from the picket lines.

Tens of thousands of longshoremen walked off the job at dozens of ports across the east and Gulf coasts earlier this week. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirms most operations have been shut down as a result of the strike.

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