Longshoremen are on strike, shutting down East, Gulf ports. Economic losses of $5 billion per day can mean shortages, ...

The strike is disrupting ports that handle more than half of U.S. trade in shipping containers, with the economic bite ...

A prolonged shutdown could deal a significant blow to the economy since the workers control major commercial choke points.

Tens of thousands of longshoremen went on strike at midnight ET, shutting down major ports along the East and Gulf coasts and ...

The strike by longshoremen has halted commerce at Newark and other ports on the East and Gulf Coasts, affecting an ecosystem ...

The last ILA strike on the East Coast, in 1977, ended after 44 days. In 2002, President George W. Bush invoked the ...

The International Longshoremen's Association walked off the job Tuesday after their contract expired. The strike could ...

A strike by the ILA union at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports puts billions in trade at risk. CNBC's Lori Ann Larocco reports ...

A prolonged strike could lead to shortages in retail stores and price hikes, and even a short one would snarl supply chains.

Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East ...

A longshoremen’s strike will rekindle worries about shortages in stores and inflation weeks from a presidential election in ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - A port strike on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico will go ahead starting on Tuesday, ...