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The 2024 United States port strike was a labor strike involving over 47,000 port workers who are part of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), impacting 36 ports across the United States primarily along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast.
The strike, which began at midnight, will stop the flow of a wide variety of goods over the docks of almost all cargo ports from Maine to Texas. This includes bananas, European beer, wine and ...
The port strike could primarily impact non-essential holiday items at Costco, especially those that are imported through the East and Gulf Coast ports now affected by the strike.
As of late 2013, most rail freight to New York City moves over lines on the west side of the Hudson and is unloaded in New Jersey, where it is brought by truck to the city. Railroad freight cars that enter the city or Long Island do so via the Bronx, Brooklyn, or Staten Island. [17] New York and Atlantic Railway system map
Longshoremen are on strike, shutting down East, Gulf ports. Economic losses of $5 billion per day can mean shortages, inflation and layoffs.
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The Great Railroad Strike of 1922, or the Railway Shopmen's Strike, was a nationwide strike of railroad workers in the United States. Launched on July 1, 1922 by seven of the sixteen extant railroad labor organizations , the strike continued into August before collapsing.
Universities across the UK were hit by walkouts, with lectures and seminars cancelled, as 70,000 staff started an unprecedented period of strike action. Meanwhile, cities across the country saw ...