Why Are Dock Workers Striking?

Why Are Dock Workers Striking?
Dockworkers gather at the Bayport Container Terminal in Seabrook, Texas, on Oct. 1, 2024. Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Updated:
0:00
Commentary

For most of the past half century, the United States has been blessed with relatively few labor disruptions. In the private sector, union membership has long been on the decline. The bulk of the conflicts have stemmed from public sector unions, as we discovered during the extended school closures of 2020–2022. The teachers’ unions revealed their power.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Author
Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]