The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are closed for another day as they deal with worker shortages.
continued Friday, marking a second day of closures for the country's largest gateway for maritime trade.
"A majority of the jobs for last night's shift went unfilled, including all jobs for cargo-handling equipment operators needed to load and unload cargo. The workers who did show up were released because there was not a full complement of ILWU members to operate the terminals." The union attributed the dockworker shortage to union members attending its monthly meeting and observing religious holidays.
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