Ports

US dockworkers union files for bankruptcy after prolonged dispute

The bankruptcy comes in connection with a lawsuit with the port company ICTSI, which sued the union after labor strikes back in 2019.
The Port of Los Angeles, among others, has been disrupted by issues with labor strikes. | Photo: Mike Blake/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
The Port of Los Angeles, among others, has been disrupted by issues with labor strikes. | Photo: Mike Blake/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by LIV ALMER

The ILWU union, which represents over 40,000 dockworkers across the US and Canada, filed for bankruptcy over the weekend.

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