In 2015, the protracted labor contract dispute between shipping companies and the longshoremen union resulted in slowdowns across 29 ports along the West Coast of the United States. Thus, this peaceful slowdown strike led to a loss of about $2 billion per day which continued on for four months. These 14,000 longshoremen were able to have such an impact on the economy because of their vital and efficient role in unloading $1 trillion worth of goods every year that flowed across the United States. Being able to strategically protest with the usage of the slowdown strike, these longshoremen received their desired labor objectives.