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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.
The massive port workers' strike that has shut down all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and the Gulf coast is highlighting a fear held by many workers: Eventually, we will ...
Longshoremen are on strike, shutting down East, Gulf ports. Economic losses of $5 billion per day can mean shortages, inflation and layoffs.
Elizabeth, NJ -- October 1, 2024 -- Members of the International Longshoreman's Association gather at Port Elizabeth on Tuesday to support a strike after contract talks broke down Monday night.
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.
Dockworkers with the International Longshoremen's Association went out on strike Tuesday at the Port of New York and New Jersey. These workers set up picket lines at the Port of Elizabeth.
When the National Longshore Board put the employer's proposal to arbitrate to a vote of striking longshoremen, it passed in every port except Everett, Washington. [citation needed] That, however, left the striking seamen in the lurch: the employers had refused to arbitrate with the ISU unless it first won elections on the fleets on strike.
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.