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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 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 ...
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 ...
The 2024 United States port strike was a labor strike involving over 47,002 port workers who are part of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), impacting 36 ports across the United States primarily along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast.
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 ...
During the fourth-quarter earnings call, Vachris said while the strike "could be disruptive," the company has taken proactive steps such as pre-shipping goods, clearing ports ahead of time, and ...
As of 2019, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is studying the District, Its facilities, and the surrounding area to provide a economic solution for the Port to operate out of the negative. [21] Aerial view of the Port of Chicago; former freighter C.T.C. No. 1 is visible in dock
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 ...