Port workers strike results in violence in Baltimore

"The officer told me to come back and go in there and get out of my way, and they attacked me and broke the windshield and lacerated my face. Look at it," says a trash truck driver

By Nicholas Ballasy

Published: October 2, 2024 9:32am

The port workers strike resulted in violence in Baltimore on Tuesday shortly after the contract between between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which represents about 45,000 port workers, and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) employer group expired at midnight on Tuesday.

FOX 5 reported that port workers tried to stop trucks from driving into the complex at the Broening Highway Dundalk Marine Terminal after the strike official began.

"I come here for seven years. I've pulled the trash and the debris out of here for the Port of Baltimore," Robin, a trash truck driver, told FOX 5. "The officer told me to come back and go in there and get out of my way, and they attacked me and broke the windshield and lacerated my face. Look at it."