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The Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO released a public statement prior to the strike in support of the organization and its aims, and accused the port employers of knowingly delaying contract negotiations to the last moment despite knowing the damage it would cause to American consumers and the U.S. economy, and using it to ...
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 ...
Here’s the latest information you need to know about the port strike. What are the workers going on strike over? You can sum up the strike issues in two words: Automation and wages.
On Oct. 1, thousands of dockworkers with the International Longshoremen's Association, the union overseeing dockworkers across East Coast and Gulf Coast ports in the U.S., went on strike.
Dockworkers and longshoremen in East Coast ports are now on strike in a major labor action with real consequences for the U.S. and international economy. Thousands of members of the International ...
Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike in British English, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became common during the Industrial Revolution, when mass labor became important in factories and mines. As ...
The ports involved include the Port of New York and New Jersey, the nation’s third-largest port by volume of cargo handled. It also includes ports with other specialties.
Rooney says the Port Authority's economist estimated the New York and New Jersey area, which covers 19 counties, to take a hit of between $250-300 million per day as a result of the strike's port ...