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Consumers feel effects of West Coast ports labor dispute
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Feb 12, 2015
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Consumers feel effects of West Coast ports labor dispute
Consumers are seeing the impact of the ongoing dispute at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as ships are left out at sea, waiting to unload their freight.
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Consumers are seeing the impact of the ongoing dispute at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as ships are left out at sea, waiting to unload their freight.

An ongoing labor dispute between shipping companies and dock workers is clogging up the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. It's left ships out at sea, waiting to dock and unload their freight.

How might the backup affect consumers? Jock O'Connell is an International Trade Economist at Beacon Economics, and he told Take Two, it already has.