Maryland longshoremen's livelihoods at stake

By Sheilah Kast,

Maureen Harvie, Melissa Gerr, Scott Maucione

Published March 28, 2024 at 11:07 AM EDT

A U.S. Coast Guard boat heads toward the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage seen from Fort McHenry on March 26, 2024. Photo: Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner

We go On the Record with Scott Cowan, president of the International Longshoreman’s Association Local 333, to ask what shutting down the Port of Baltimore means for workers. Then, WYPR reporter Scott Maucione talks about what is needed to reopen the port for business.

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Sheilah Kast

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.

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Maureen Harvie

Maureen Harvie is Senior Supervising Producer for On the Record. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and joined WYPR in 2014 as an intern for the newsroom. Whether coordinating live election night coverage, capturing the sounds of a roller derby scrimmage, interviewing veterans, or booking local authors, she is always on the lookout for the next story.

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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Scott Maucione

Scott is the Health Reporter for WYPR. @smaucionewypr

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