There’s not much work left to do for thousands of port workers in Baltimore, Maryland, as the main shipping channel has now been blocked for more than two weeks due to the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
According to Scott Cowan, president of the local chapter of the International Longshoremen’s Association at the Port of Baltimore, more than 2,000 people are currently out of work because of the blocked channel.
“We have 300 still working on a daily basis in maintenance jobs,” Cowan said in an interview with WTOP.
Cowan represents thousands who work at Baltimore’s port.
“It’s getting a little bit slower as the days go past,” Cowan said. “They’re getting a little nervous. Some of them haven’t received a paycheck in a couple of weeks.”
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