This is the wrong time for longshoremen to strike

It’s surely no exaggeration to point out that the stakes are high in the dispute between the International Longshoremen’s Association and shippers and port operators that resulted in an ILA strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, including Baltimore, that began at midnight Monday. Dockworkers want higher pay. That’s understandable. The U.S. Maritime Alliance wants to keep down the cost of loading load and unloading ships.