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The 2024 United States port strike was a labor strike involving over 47,002 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.
This is the first strike at these ports since 1977. The union says there are about 50,000 members covered by the contract, but the USMX puts the number of port jobs closer to 25,000, with not ...
The ports affected by the strike handle 3.8 million metric tons of bananas each year, or 75% of the nation’s supply, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey lost between $250-300 million dollars a day during the strike by members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, said Bethann Rooney, the ...
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to New Jersey to Texas went on strike Tuesday for the first time since 1977 in a move that some experts say could disrupt the supply chain and billions of dollars ...
The strike, which includes about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), shut down 14 ports across the country—with hubs in New Jersey, Virginia, and Texas among ...
The stoppage is the first coast-wide ILA strike since 1977 and halts the flow of about half the nation's ocean shipping. ... Companies have planned for US East Coast ports strike. October 1, 2024 ...
If union members walk off the job at ports stretching from Maine to Texas, it would be the first coast-wide ILA strike since 1977, affecting ports that handle about half the nation's ocean shipping.