West Coast dockworkers face huge backlog as job action ends

Dockworkers along the West Coast began the months-long task Saturday of clearing seaports of cargo that was caught up in a contract feud between their union and employers.

Parked off the Southern California coast is a flotilla of ships bulging with thousands of tractor-trailer-sized containers that hold a shopper's delight of goods — which already would be on store shelves but for a labour dispute that has disrupted international trade.

This has been excerpted from the 21 February 2015 edition of CBC News and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/west-coast-dockworkers-face-huge-backlog-as-job-action-ends-1.2966419