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FILE - Cranes at the Port of New York and New Jersey appear behind the Statue of Liberty, Nov. 20, 2022, in a photo taken from New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File) FILE - Container ships are docked at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) FILE - A container ship makes it way toward the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation’s cargo from ships. The International Longshoremen’s Union is demanding significantly higher wages and a total ban on the automation of cranes, gates and container movements that are used in the loading or loading of freight at 36 U.S. ports. Whenever and however the dispute is resolved, it’s likely to affect how freight moves

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