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The union representing thousands of dockworkers from Maine to Texas launched a strike over wages and the use of automation, shutting down major seaports. Dockworker strike shuts down ports in the ...
For months, the union has threatened to shut down the 36 ports it covers if employers like container ship operator Maersk and its APM Terminals North America do not deliver significant wage ...
The port strike has induced fears of toilet paper shortages reminiscent of the COVID-19 pandemic era.. Thousands of dockworkers took to the picket lines on Tuesday, shutting down the East and Gulf ...
In anticipation of the official start of the strike, workers at the Port of Virginia began systematically halting operations after 8:00 a.m. EST, closing the port gates for truck deliveries at noon, issuing orders for ships to leave the port by 1:00 p.m., and ceasing cargo work at 6 p.m. [6]
The ports affected by the strike handle more than 68% of all containerized exports in the U.S. and roughly 56% of containerized imports, according to industry data.
In protest of the Iraq War, the ILWU encouraged longshore workers to "shut down all West Coast ports" by walking off the job on May 1, 2008, to "make May Day a 'No Peace, No Work' holiday." On May 1, more than 10,000 ILWU members from all 29 West Coast ports voluntarily stopped work, with some attending rallies held by the ILWU where the union ...
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 ...
Bulking Up. As of Oct. 1, dockworkers at major East and Gulf Coast ports have officially gone on strike. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), representing around 85,000 workers ...