Longshoremen are on strike, shutting down East, Gulf ports. Economic losses of $5 billion per day can mean shortages, ...
Dock workers often make six figures and some top $200,000 a year. They want better wages and a stop to automation.
Much of the labor dispute involves the addition of new technologies to U.S. ports that the workers say could ultimately cause ...
The strike is the first along ports on the East Coast in nearly 50 years, potentially crippling several industries.
The contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired at midnight.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters slammed the Biden-Harris administration, saying it should "stay the f*** out of ...
If longshore workers at East and Gulf coast ports go on strike Tuesday, as now appears likely, it could choke off the ...
Negotiations between longshoremen and port operators broke down in June and the two sides have barely been speaking. The ...
Picket lines are now in place at ports around New York and New Jersey after dockworkers went on strike just after midnight.
A prolonged work stoppage of several weeks or months could rekindle inflation for some goods and trigger layoffs at manufacturers as raw materials dry up, experts said.
Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association walked out for the first time since 1977 in a standoff over wages, ...