It's the Brian Lairn Show on WNYC.

I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom, filling in for Brian today.

Coming up in today's show, we'll talk about the challenges

immigrants often run into transferring their professional certifications from abroad. Think of people

who have trained as nurses, doctors, or lawyers in their home countries, and then want to find

work in their field when they come here. It's not always easy. We'll want to hear your thoughts and experiences in that arena.

Plus, data show that young adult men are having a hard time launching into adulthood.

More living at home with their parents and not working or underachieving, shall we say,

than young women in their 20s and early 30s. We'll talk about why

and hear your stories. And almost a week after Hurricane Helene tore a path through Florida

and up through Georgia and western North Carolina, it's becoming apparent that this was almost a

Katrina-level storm in terms of the damage it's caused.

We'll share some resources for people who want to help folks in that area who were so hard hit by Hurricane Haleen

and will be picking up the pieces and rebuilding probably for years to come. But first,

No contract, no work. No contract, no work. That's the sound of dock workers at the port of New York in New Jersey this week. It's day three of a strike of thousands of dock workers at ports on the East and Gulf Coast. Those workers are members of the

International Long Shortman's Association. It's the first major strike by those workers since

1977, nearly 50 years ago. Union officials are demanding wage increases, pointing to billions

in profits made by shipping carriers, even as their wages have

remained stagnant. Of course, this strike comes at an especially potent time. The nation is

cleaning up after the devastation of that major storm I just mentioned. Gasoline and other

supplies are in short supply. We're just weeks before the presidential election,

and right around the corner, it will be holiday shopping season again when supply chain

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