A port strike will surge costs in the broken Harris economy just when the extended holiday season is beginning.

“At the end of the day, when [a strike] carries on, it’s the consumer who pays,” said Rachel Michelin, president of the California Retailers Assn., which joined more than 200 trade groups in signing a letter to the White House urging Biden to bring the parties together to avert a potentially devastating hit to businesses and the economy.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-09-26/ports-los-angeles-long-beach-dock-workers-strike-california-economy-labor-longshoremen-association

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