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A looming strike also puts President Biden and his chosen successor, Vice President Kamala Harris, in a political bind: If they invoke the anti-union statute forcing workers back on the job, they ...
California port operations could be affected if the striking longshore workers union in the East set up pickets here, as it did in San Francisco during the strike in 1977. ...
The Anderson Economic Group estimated that the U.S. economy would lose $2.1 billion from a one-week strike, $1.5 billion due to the loss in value or degradation of items such as perishable goods, $400 million for transportation company losses, and $200 million in lost wages for the striking port workers.
The walkout represents the first East Coast dock strike since 1977. A total of 14 ports involving some 25,000 workers are affected by the strike, according to USMX:
Under the tentative new agreement, workers will earn a 61.5% raise over six years. That means the highest paid workers would make $63 per hour in the final year of the contract — up from $39.
The massive port workers' strike that has shut down all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and the Gulf coast is highlighting a fear held by many workers: Eventually, we will ...
The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.
The potential impact of the port strike on the economy is a key point of leverage for workers. The timeline remains fuzzy but experts say a prolonged work stoppage would cause significant delays ...