If I had to guess, it is of course coordinated. However, I think it was actually started by the DS (including Obama) themselves. I think it is entirely possible the ILA was told to strike on 10/1 with the promise that they would be paid by organizations on the left, and that they should ask for impossibly high wage increases (knowing they would be on strike for an extended time period). The DS probably told them that they would absolutely get a massive raise eventually if they stay out long enough.

In return, the DS gets to shut things down again. It may not happen right away, but when grocery stores start running out of food, drugs, and necessities (diapers, toiletries, etc) people will start rioting and stealing. Cars will eventually start breaking down without the parts needed to fix them. Hospitals could be effected by a lack of medical supplies coming in from China. It doesn't even need to last that long - just long enough for them to interfere with the election.

Hopefully we the autists, anons, pedes - and Trump - have opened enough eyes to show who is responsible for this. Remember - Biden can stop this immediately (for 80 days) to force negotiations. He wont though - that would push this out past the election and Christmas shopping season.

Under the federal Taft-Hartley Act, presidents can intervene in labor disputes that threaten national security or safety by imposing an 80-day cooling-off period of sorts. During that time, workers have to show up and do their job.

https://gazette.com/news/wex/biden-won-t-invoke-taft-hartley-to-stop-port-strike-that-could-cost-5-billion/article_4ee7b791-5533-5eb5-9bf6-32cbc993df00.html

I have to agree.