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Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) via Associated Press The Maritime Alliance had accused the union of walking away ...
Tens of thousands of longshoremen at 14 ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico are poised to walk off the job early Tuesday morning if their union and employers cannot reach a new labor ...
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 ...
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.
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 striking of US port workers on the East and Gulf coast could impact certain stocks. Port workers are demanding a 61.5% raise and oppose the adoption of automation in new contract negotiations.
Published June 23, 1916, Seattle Star On June 1, 1916, workers in all twelve West Coast ports went on strike to demand higher wages and an end to the open-shop system. [1] [3] [5] [2] [6] A brief truce was established on June 9 but quickly collapsed after striking workers were killed in San Francisco and Seattle.
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.