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Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) via Associated Press The Maritime Alliance had accused the union of walking away ...
The ports handle about half the ocean imports in the U.S. Varying estimates say the strike encompasses 25,000 to 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association. All told, the ILA ...
A massive dockworker strike at seaports on the U.S. Members of the International Longshoremen's Association union strike outside Maher Terminal in Elizabeth, N.J., on Oct. 1, 2024.
With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen's union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract.
Published June 23, 1916, Seattle Star On June 1, 1916, workers in all twelve West Coast ports went on strike to demand higher wages and an end to the open-shop system. [1] [3] [5] [2] [6] A brief truce was established on June 9 but quickly collapsed after striking workers were killed in San Francisco and Seattle.
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) with approximately 45,000 workers went on strike Oct. 1, as contract negotiations with the shipping industry's group US Maritime Alliance (USMX ...
The top-tier hourly wage of $39 for longshoremen amounts to just over $81,000 annually, but dockworkers can make significantly more by taking on extra shifts. For example, according to a 2019-20 annual report from the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, about one-third of local longshoremen made $200,000 or more a year.
Longshore workers at ports from Maine to Texas are set to walk off the job early Tuesday, staging what could become the most disruptive strike to the US economy in decades.