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The three-day dockworker strike that crippled East and Gulf Coast ports put a spotlight on one of America's most important jobs: loading and unloading the billions of products — from food to ...
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on ...
Negotiations between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance began breaking down in June 2024. [6] One major sticking point was wages. The ILA wanted members to receive a $5/hour raise each year of the next six-year contract, whereas the Maritime Alliance proposed a $2.50/hour raise each year.
The union representing thousands of dockworkers from Maine to Texas launched a strike over wages and the use of automation, shutting down major seaports. Dockworker strike shuts down ports in the ...
In their first strike since 1977, ILA dockworkers have been pushing for a 77% pay raise over the life of the contract and a halt on automation that could replace union jobs at U.S. ports.
A strike among tens of thousands of dockworkers threatens to upend the delivery of everyday products nationwide and reignite inflation weeks before the presidential election. The high-stakes ...
Roughly 25,000 dockworkers went on strike this week at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. to rally for higher pay and stronger guardrails around their jobs being automated out of ...
The conversation around the dockworker strike also highlights a self-serving belief that automation will only disrupt manual fields, as if having a laptop job is a protective moat.