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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
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.
ILWU headquarters in San Francisco. The ILWU admitted African Americans in the 1930s, and during World War II its San Francisco section alone had an estimated 800 black members, at a time when most San Francisco unions excluded black workers and resisted implementation of President Roosevelt's Executive Order 8802 (1941) against racial discrimination in the US defense industry. [8]
Port officials say they're better equipped to handle a surge of cargo if dock workers strike in the East Coast. ... Rachel Michelin, president of the California ... 30% off on Amazon today. AOL.
A dockworker shortage at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach ended Friday night after halting cargo traffic at the complex.
On November 27, 2012, about 70 clerical workers at the Port of Los Angeles, [10] all OCU members, went on strike. [5] The union members worked for APM Terminals, a company that operates Pier 400 at the port. [5] Longshoremen at the pier, also members of the ILWU, honored the strike action and as a result, the port was shut down. [5]
Dock workers are striking against excessive corporate greed. The shipping industry has made $400 billion in profits since 2020. It’s time for dock workers to be treated with respect, not ...
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), the largest union of maritime workers in North America, has vocalized plans to go on strike at all of its Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports Oct. 1 ...