Officials at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to give priority to vaccinating longshore workers against the COVID virus so as to relieve congestion and delays at the two ports caused in part by a shortage of longshore workers who have been infected.

It’s been reported that there has been a 10% reduction in longshore workers showing up for work related to the COVID virus. To help address the problem, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the container terminal operators have agreed to institute temperature checks at the gates of the terminals before workers enter.

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