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The ports involved include the Port of New York and New Jersey, the nation’s third-largest port by volume of cargo handled. But it also includes ports with other specialties.
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 ...
Imports to U.S. ports are running 10% ahead of where they were last year, indicating that some cargo had been shipped in expectations of a strike, according to Ben Nolan, a transportation analyst ...
Negotiations between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance began breaking down in June 2024. [6] One major sticking point was wages. The ILA wanted members to receive a $5/hour raise each year of the next six-year contract, whereas the Maritime Alliance proposed a $2.50/hour raise each year.
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 ...
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 ...
With a potential strike at ports up and down the East Coast and along the Gulf Coast set to begin after midnight Monday, logistics executives tell CNBC the remaining hours are critical in moving ...
Talks have broken down between the 47,000-member International Longshoremen’s Assn. and the United States Maritime Alliance, which represents employers at some of the largest ports in the nation ...