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The Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO released a public statement prior to the strike in support of the organization and its aims, and accused the port employers of knowingly delaying contract negotiations to the last moment despite knowing the damage it would cause to American consumers and the U.S. economy, and using it to ...
Roughly 25,000 dockworkers went on strike this week at ports ... $728,694 in 2023 as ILA president and an additional $173,040 as president emeritus of the mechanics local chapter at Port ...
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey lost between $250-300 million dollars a day during the strike by members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, said Bethann Rooney, the ...
The strike affecting 36 ports is the first by the union since 1977. ... Port Strike. Hundreds of longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va ...
"A port strike could cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars a day, hurting American businesses, workers and consumers across the country," Business Roundtable CEO Joshua Bolten said in a ...
The potential impact of the port strike on the economy is a key point of leverage for workers. The timeline remains fuzzy but experts say a prolonged work stoppage would cause significant delays ...
1935 Gulf Coast longshoremen's strike; 1936 Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike; 1936 Pacific Coast maritime workers' strike; 1971 ILWU strike; 1983 Pacific Coast Metal Trades Union strike; 1985–1986 New Bedford fishermen's strike; 2012 Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach strike; 2019 Alaska ferry workers' strike; 2024 United States port strike
The Port of L.A.'s Seroka said that even a short strike closing a port for just a week could cause a backlog that might take four to six weeks to clear.