Baltimore Union Fears Loss of 2,400 Jobs on Bridge Collapse (1)

The Baltimore bridge collapse is poised to leave thousands without work and there’s no firm plan yet about how to help them, the local president of the International Longshoremen’s Association said.

“I have 2,400 ILA members who are soon going to be without jobs,” Scott Cowan, president of the labor union’s Baltimore local, said in an interview Wednesday. “Getting them on the payroll, and keeping their families fed, putting food on the table is my first and foremost thought on my mind.”

Baltimore’s port is closed after the container ship Dali slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, ...