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A strike would cause billions of dollars in economic damage and force shippers to divert more products to the West Coast, raising costs for retailers and ultimately consumers.
ELIZABETH, N.J. – Tens of thousands of dockworkers went on strike from Texas to Maine on Tuesday to demand higher wages and a ban on all automation at ports in a move that could snarl supply ...
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 ...
The dockworkers' negotiating stand is likely further strengthened by the nation's supply chain of goods being under pressure in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which has coincided with the peak shipping season for holiday goods. [4] The strike represented the first strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports since 1977. [5]
The strike affecting 36 ports is the first by the union since 1977. Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that ...
The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and ...
Around 45,000 dockworkers went on strike Tuesday for the first time in almost 50 years, in a move that could temporarily put up to 105,000 workers out of work.
If the standoff sounds familiar, it’s because the same dockworkers — members of the International Longshoremen’s Association — staged a three-day walkout last fall. In October, they suspended the strike until Jan. 15 after reaching a tentative agreement with ports and shipping companies for a 62% pay raise over six years. But union ...