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US dockworkers press on with second day of strike, with no deal in sight

Workers at the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, gather during the second day of their strike on October 2 [Spencer Platt/Getty Images via AFP]

Tens of thousands of United States dockworkers have continued to strike for a second day, keeping shipments at major eastern dockyards at a standstill.

Containers at 36 ports stretching from Maine to Texas piled up on Wednesday, as the dockworkers appeared no closer to a deal with their employers’ group, the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX).

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