US port strike by 45,000 dockworkers is all but certain to begin at midnight
The union representing U.S. dockworkers has signaled that 45,000 members will walk off the job at midnight, kicking off a massive strike likely to shut down ports across the East and Gulf coasts.
Port workers strike for first time in nearly 50 years
Tens of thousands of longshoremen at ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico went on strike shortly after midnight, the first strike by the port workers’ union in nearly 50 years. Workers walked off the job from Maine to Texas,
Dockworkers go on strike at ports from Maine to Texas, sparking fears of shortages and higher prices
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.
Longshoremen from Maine to Texas appear likely to go on strike, seaport CEO says
The chief executive in charge of Georgia's two busy seaports says a strike by dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts seems likely next week.
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Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation.
‘Nothing’s going to move without us’: Port workers in Philadelphia and across the country go on strike
Docks in Philadelphia and all along the East Coast and Gulf Coast have ground to a halt as dockworkers strike for the first time in nearly 50 years. About 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association hit the picket line around midnight when their contacts with the owners of 36 ports expired.
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.
Port workers strike starts across the East and Gulf Coasts
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.
US ports shut down as dockworkers strike
Tens of thousands of dockworkers have gone on strike indefinitely at ports across much of the US, threatening significant trade and economic disruption ahead of the presidential election and the busy holiday shopping season.
Port strikes extend a new era of American labor activism
Unionized dockworkers are the most recent group of U.S. workers to back their demands for better contracts by walking off the ...
Here’s what a strike at the N.Y., N.J. port will mean to consumers
With a looming port strike set to begin at midnight Oct. 1, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Port Authority of New York and New ...
US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation's ocean shipping
By Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson NEW YORK (Reuters) -Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a ...
Dockworkers go on a strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season
Workers began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation even though progress had been reported in contract talks.