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Massachusetts' International Forest Products says it has relied on the Port of Boston and is hoping for a resolution as the International Longshoreman's…

Massachusetts' International Forest Products says it has relied on the Port of Boston and is hoping for a resolution as the International Longshoreman's Association calls for higher wages and protections from automationjust after midnight Tuesday after the expiration of the union's contract with the ports. The workers are calling for higher wages and protections from automation.

"We're expecting to see things come close to, you know, COVID-level, pandemic-level headaches in the supply chain if this is not resolved in short order," said David Shipps-Kelly of International Forest Products, based in Foxborough and owned by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.The decades-old top-five exporter from the U.S., selling products like pulp and paper, has always relied on the Port of Boston.

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