UNC-Chapel Hill experts available to discuss the dockworkers strike

From Maine to Texas, dockworkers at multiple ports across the eastern United States are on strike, Carolina experts are available to discuss:

• Labor and employment laws

• Supply chain management

• Impact to consumers

To speak with any of the experts listed below, please email  [email protected].

Jeffrey Hirsch, a UNC-Chapel Hill distinguished professor of law, can discuss labor and employment law issues. Jeffrey can provide helpful context to this issue and discuss President Joe Biden's decision not to use powers from the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act to end the strike.

Jay Swaminathan, a UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School professor, can talk about global supply chain strategy and management.

Gerald Cohen, a chief economist for the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, can discuss the strikes' impact on consumers and the economy.

Vinayak Deshpande, a distinguished professor of operations at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, is available to talk about supply chain collaboration, service parts management, and addressing security and privacy issues in supply chains.