FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Dozens of union port workers set up tents and held their signs outside the entrance of Port Everglades on Tuesday, joining in on a multi-state protest.
“If they’re here three months, six months, if it takes a year, we’re not backing down,” Johnnie Dixon, the president of the International Longshoremen’s Association of the local 1526 branch, said.
Workers on strike said they arrived before the sun came up, demanding ports to stop using automated equipment, and for the United States Maritime Alliance to pay higher salaries…