The US and Europe are on strike again! Delivery at these stations will be affected...

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News of strikes in various places has been reported frequently :

A large-scale strike occurred at another US port, and peak season cargo may be delayed;

The European railway strike will cause logistics disruptions.

There are endless situations in various places...

| Let’s talk about the United States first

According to foreign media reports, on July 18,

Several marine terminals at the Port of Oakland in the United States have suspended night operations.

The reason is that a large number of ship owners and operators are protesting against California's labor law AB5.

Just search for AB5 related content.

You can see on the Internet that various media are talking about the strike.

The law requires many independent contractors, including as many as 70,000 truck drivers in California, to become employees.

This means that these truck drivers are required to be employed.

Unable to run a business on their own (can only work for others),
It feels a bit like an overlord clause.

It really harms the interests of these drivers.

The protesters stressed that for them:

This amounts to a loss of freedom .

A truck driver who has been working for 25 years said:

"I don't want to go back to being someone's employee. I want to continue to be my own boss and be able to run and do business and make a living for myself. I think I have that right."

The situation is getting worse.

The number of strikers has expanded from dozens at the beginning to nearly a thousand.

Some striking truck drivers said:

They had initially planned to protest on Monday.

Just restart normal operation.

However, after the Port of Auckland decided to "play down" the impact of the protests,

The truck drivers have decided to continue their strike action for another two days.

The protest will cause cargo to be detained for a longer time.

| Let's take a look at Europe

According to foreign media reports:

The National Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) has announced plans for strikes on July 27, July 30, August 18 and August 20, which are expected to disrupt the UK's rail network across the country.

There are also reports that this is the first national railway strike in 25 years .

British train drivers are the main group on strike .

The strike was said to be caused by a failure to provide a fair pay rise.

The salaries earned by railway executives

Ten or even twenty times that of ordinary workers.

Coupled with the recent abnormal inflation,

I can't survive without a pay raise.

However, regarding the railway workers' demands for wage increases,

A senior official previously responded by saying that raising wages will continue to push up prices, causing wages and prices to fall into a "spiral growth", so workers' wages cannot be raised according to the inflation rate.

The subtext of this sentence is: In the face of soaring prices, you should tighten your belt and live frugally!

No wonder there have been so many strikes recently.

Otherwise, life would be unsustainable.

The final 7% pay rise is well below the current actual inflation rate of 11.7% .

The union also stressed that

Issues such as wages, shift schedules and bonus payments agreed in the 2021 pay agreement have not improved since 2018 .

It seems that workers are always being exploited.

This strike is fierce.

This may increase logistics obstacles for cross-border sellers.

Especially sellers on the UK and US sites,

Therefore, sellers must pay close attention to the delays and impacts of strikes and other activities on cargo transportation.

Take preventive measures promptly .

In order to avoid subsequent losses .

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