Ron Leibman, chair of McCarter’s Transportation, Logistics & Supply Chain Management Practice, speaks with POLITICO about the potential economic and political implications of labor strikes and how they may impact voter sentiment before the upcoming election.
The looming potential dockworkers’ strike could have a significant impact on the election at a crucial moment, especially given the current rift between dockworkers and shipping companies, and the dockworkers’ union leader’s outright rejection of any assistance from the Biden administration. Leibman emphasizes that if the administration is seen as inadequately supporting the striking workers or failing to address the situation, it could be viewed as anti-union. “At this time, when you’re in an election, a situation like that could be considered anti-union and could you imagine either party wanting to look anti-union?”