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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
I don't want to drag this thread sideways but I just want to know where you got this information scapegoating union dockworkers for the pandemic caused backups? I read the news and "this is caused by greedy/lazy unions" is not an explanation I see much... probably for good reason. Can we agree whatever the union work rules are on the ground it seems to have worked just fine before a global pandemic caused an unprecedented spike in goods imported paired with a worldwide labor shortage due to health and safety concerns?
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LA Port hours of operations
https://www.apmterminals.com/en/los-...-of-operations
Standard Operating Hours
Monday through Thursday
1st Shift: Full Service Gate 07:00-17:00 (Import grounded delivery ends at 16:30)
2nd Shift: Full Service Gate 18:00-03:00 (Import grounded delivery ends at 01:30)
Friday
1st Shift: Full Service Gate 07:00-17:00 (Import grounded delivery ends at 16:30)
2nd Shift: Full Service Gate 18:00-03:00 (Import grounded delivery ends at 01:30)
Saturday & Sunday
Saturday: OPEN 1st Shift, CLOSED 2nd Shift
Sunday: CLOSED
Note: Closed between 3 am and 7 am
always. I wonder why?
Long Beach Port hours of operations
https://polb.com/port-info/gate-hours/
Never open on 3rd Shift, mostly closed on weekends.
Do not need a newspaper or other world wide news media to report the facts, the ports do so on their web sites publicly.
The fact remains, neither port is set up for 24 hours 7 days a week operations. And 40% of all container traffic into and out of the USA use these two ports.
24 hours a day, 7 days a week operations is common across many businesses and governmental agencies all across the USA. Hospitals, Firemen, Policemen, electric, gas, and telephone utilities, restaurants, Wallmarts - the list is quite large - that have no problems providing 24/7 services.
But these two ports fail at doing it for whatever reasons.