Biden administration tries to head off strike by port operators

The Biden administration is trying to head off a possible strike by operators at East and Gulf coast ports. With a union contract set to expire after Monday, top administration officials met with port operators ahead of a possible strike. They told members of the United States Maritime Alliance that they should be at the negotiating table with the union. The administration delivered the same message to the union earlier in the week. Unionized workers object to some new technologies that they say could ultimately cause job losses.