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The Supply Chain Buzz for June 5: Lithium, Longshore Negotiations, Advancing Automation

Supply Chain Now

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The Longshore Workers Union and the West Coast Ports Experienced Disruption

Constantine Massower: Let's talk ports and freight and shipping. He says negotiations continue between the Longshore Workers Union and port operators up and down the West Coast. Five ports in California and Washington experienced issues as they didn't meet normal operations last week, at least as recently as Friday due to some degree of a workforce shortage.Massower: Because of those pressures, these people are feeling a strain of more work with less people.

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