Strong jobs report, port strike deal bolster Harris
A much better-than-expected jobs report released just hours after the quick suspension of a longshoreman’s strike is giving a boost and some relief to Vice President Harris’s campaign.
The port strike had threatened to bottle up the economy and was the most politically threatening of a trio of recent challenges faced by Harris and the White House.
The White House made an intense push to end the strike quickly, putting heavy pressure on both the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) to come to the table in the days before and after dockworkers walked off the job.
The strike, which shut down most activity at East and Gulf Coast ports after the two sides failed to reach an agreement by Monday at midnight, threatened to upend the economy just one month out from the election.
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