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Labor secretary steps in to avert US port conflict

The Biden administration steps in to act as an intermediary in the protracted negotiations between port workers and their employers on the US West Coast.
Julie Su is acting labor secretary in the US. | Photo: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Julie Su is acting labor secretary in the US. | Photo: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by NIKLAS KRIGSLUND

The US government has stepped into the negotiations between port workers and their employers on the US West Coast in an effort to avert a conflict that threatens to paralyze container traffic in the region.

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