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Time is running out to avoid a strike by 25,000 dockworkers

Dockworkers from Maine to Texas could strike on Oct. 1 if they don't reach a new labor contract with the ocean carriers and port terminal operators. Sticking points are wages and automation.

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Andrea Hsu is NPR's labor and workplace correspondent.