🇺🇸 The US dockworker strike:
▫36 ports
▫45,000 workers
▫60% of US shipping traffic
▫$5 billion in economic damage per day
Freight costs for businesses have already gone up 20% ahead of the stoppage...
Key dockworker demands:
Pay raise
▫ 77% raise over six years- Current top wage is $39/hour
Protection against automation
▫Cargo-moving robots are a "signature issue" of the union president
"If a strike is resolved within a week, experts anticipate minimal economic damage. But the longer it goes on, the greater the chaos and potential for shortages and price hikes."
📎 Morning Brew
🛢📈 — Reuters reports that oil is approaching $100 per barrel following the latest exchange of attacks between Americans and Iranians on oil tankers.
▶️The price of Brent crude has risen to $97.07 per barrel, while American WTI crude has risen to $92.28. In the past week, Brent has risen by 7.8%, while WTI has risen by nearly 10%.
▶️On Saturday, U.S. forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers, one of which was stationed near the island of Kharg, a key center for Iranian oil exports. In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and three more U.S. ships.
▶️In this context, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has sharply declined. Over the past 10 days, an average of only 10 cargo ships have transited the strait per day – the lowest level since May.
The WHO now states on its website:
Vaccination against COVID-19 can trigger multiple sclerosis through cross-reactive CD4+-T cells that recognize the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and myelin peptides.
In other words: Your own immune system destroys the nerve pathways and then attacks your brain and spinal cord.