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The United States Chamber of Commerce insisted that Biden take action to stop the strike, recalling the negative impact supply chain delays and shortages caused to the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic early in Biden's presidency. [8] Republican lawmakers and business groups urged Biden to apply the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act to end the 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.
Longshoremen are on strike, shutting down East, Gulf ports. Economic losses of $5 billion per day can mean shortages, inflation and layoffs.
Thousands of dock workers at ports along the East and Gulf coasts went on strike early Tuesday morning amid a contract dispute, halting the flow of goods with a potentially costly work stoppage.
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on ...
The strike, depending on its length, is going to be felt by consumers and farmers who rely on the impacted ports to export containerized cargoes of soybeans and shipments of poultry, said the ...
It is unclear when the strike could end, but its impact on the U.S. economy, where some economists estimate the labor stoppage potentially costing up to $5 billio n a day as imports and exports ...
The International Longshoremen's Association said on Sunday that it was prepared to strike on October 1. The nation's largest union of maritime workers is demanding higher wages, among other ...