Los Angeles Port Strike Endangers Entire Country’s ‘Economic Engine,’ Janice Hahn Says
Posted in: Today's ChiliCalifornia Democratic Congresswoman Janice Hahn expressed her support for striking clerical workers and longshoremen at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in an interview with HuffPost Live Tuesday. According to the Associated Press, the strike is costing the U.S. economy nearly $1 billion every day, as cargo ships still idle offshore or are rerouted to other ports, including one in Mexico. The two ports — both of which are in Hahn’s 36th Congressional District — are the busiest in the country and receive some 40 percent of U.S. imports.
Hahn told HuffPost Live hosts Alyona Minkovski and Jacob Soboroff that she supported the strike largely because many of the striking clerical workers are women and that these are good jobs that she does not want to see shipped overseas.
“These are jobs mostly held by women. This is about making sure these good jobs are not shipped overseas,” Hahn said. “We want to keep these jobs for our daughters and granddaughters.”
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