US West Coast Ports See Extended Disruption as Labor Talks Drag On

Shipping containers in Oakland, California.

Laura Curtis

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The biggest shipping gateways on the US West Coast are enduring the longest labor-related disruptions since 2015 as talks between port employers and dockworkers close in on one year without a contract.

The two sides are clashing over how to divide carriers’ pandemic-era profits in a market that's returned to rock-bottom freight rates.