by Nicholas Ballasy
The first day of the union dock workers strike was reportedly marred in violence at a port in Baltimore, with a truck driver saying the striking workers broke his vehicle’s windshield and cut his face.
Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association are striking against the United States Maritime Alliance, which is impacting ports on the East and Gulf coasts with pay as a sticking point.
Projections show the strike will cost the U.S. economy as much as $5 million a day, and that consumers will start seeing a shortage of imported goods in the next one or two weeks.
FOX 5 reported that port workers in Baltimore tried to stop trucks from driving into the complex at the Broening Highway Dundalk Marine Terminal after the strike officially began.
“I come here for seven years. I’ve pulled the trash and the debris out of here for the Port of Baltimore,” the trash truck driver, identified only as Robin, told FOX 5. “They attacked me and broke the windshield and lacerated my face. Look at it.”
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Nicholas Ballasy is a reporter for Just the News.
