CALLING President Donald Trump's tariffs 'reckless' and 'shortsighted,' the west coast the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) warns that tariffs will cause massive job losses and higher prices, reports New York's FreightWaves.
'The ilwu unequivocally condemns the recent tariffs that the Trump administration has imposed,' the union said.
'Tariffs are taxes. These and other reckless, shortsighted policies have begun to devastate American workers, harm critical sectors of the economy, and line the pockets of the ultra-wealthy at the expense of hardworking families,' the dockers union said.
'The tariffs have also sown distrust among our allies and inflamed geopolitical tensions. These tariffs are nothing more than a direct attack on the working class and should be opposed outright.'
West coast ports are seeing a sharp decline in containerised imports from China, where reciprocal tariffs have all but stopped commerce between the former trading partners.
'Hundreds of thousands of jobs are dependent on or connected to global trade. Constricted trade between the world's two largest economies could lead to devastating job losses for workers employed in the global supply chain,' the union said.
The ILWU counts 42,000 members in the US and Canada.
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'The ilwu unequivocally condemns the recent tariffs that the Trump administration has imposed,' the union said.
'Tariffs are taxes. These and other reckless, shortsighted policies have begun to devastate American workers, harm critical sectors of the economy, and line the pockets of the ultra-wealthy at the expense of hardworking families,' the dockers union said.
'The tariffs have also sown distrust among our allies and inflamed geopolitical tensions. These tariffs are nothing more than a direct attack on the working class and should be opposed outright.'
West coast ports are seeing a sharp decline in containerised imports from China, where reciprocal tariffs have all but stopped commerce between the former trading partners.
'Hundreds of thousands of jobs are dependent on or connected to global trade. Constricted trade between the world's two largest economies could lead to devastating job losses for workers employed in the global supply chain,' the union said.
The ILWU counts 42,000 members in the US and Canada.
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