Massive port strike begins across America’s East Coast, threatening shortages and rising prices
Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports, according to the Associated Press, choking off the flow of many of the nation’s imports and exports in what could become America’s most disruptive work stoppage in decades.
Port of Wilmington cargo is shut down by the first East Coast strike in 47 years
The last ILA strike on the East Coast, in 1977, ended after 44 days. In 2002, President George W. Bush invoked the Taft-Hartley Act to halt a management lockout of West Coast port workers. Port operator Enstructure wrote last week they'd "continue to provide support services for our customers until regular operations resume."
Port workers all along the East and Gulf coasts are walking out Tuesday morning after a contract was not agreed upon.
But a short strike would be unlikely to stoke inflation in consumer goods.The United States Maritime Alliance, the alliance ...
The ILA has no plans for picketing at Port Canaveral, although Kellem said his local's members plan to picket on their days ...
Thousands of dockworkers at ports from Maine to Brownsville, including the Port of Houston, went on strike Tuesday. The ...
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