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International Business Times
International Business Times
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John BIERS

RARE PHOTOS: Us dockworkers launch mass strike month before election | Rare Historical Photos

The shutdown could cost the US economy billions of dollars a week (Credit: AFP)

Tens of thousands of workers at major ports on the US East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday in action that could drag on the world's largest economy just ahead of the November presidential election.

The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) said the walkout was the first "coast wide strike in almost 50 years."

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