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PSOJ fears damaging impact of US dock workers strike

 
Metry Seaga, President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica [PSOJ] has expressed concern that the current strike action taken by dock workers on the US East and Gulf Coasts could have a ripple effect on the Jamaican economy.
 
At least 25,000 workers, represented by the International Longshoremen's Association, walked off the job on Tuesday, after talks for a new contract for higher wages failed.
 
Mr Seaga said he was closely monitoring the issue, fearing it could have a significant impact on the flow of goods to Jamaica, depending on the length of the strike.
 
"It's going to have an impact on ports; it's a matter of how much impact it's going to have," he acknowledged, but noted that it is not yet affecting the Port of Miami "where a lot of goods are transshipped through."
 
With the estimated impact of the strike on the US economy being put at $4.5 billion per day, he said "that could translate to us (in Jamaica) very quickly, if not solved sooner than later."
 
 
 
 
 
 
He is hopeful that a resolution will be found to the wage issues affecting US dock workers.
 
 
 


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