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The union representing thousands of dockworkers from Maine to Texas launched a strike over wages and the use of automation, shutting down major seaports. ... 1947 Taft-Hartley Act to end the ...
The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.
Last October, dockworkers at 36 East and Gulf coast ports went on strike for the first time since 1977 for three days at an estimated economic cost of $5 billion per day as imports and exports ...
The dockworkers' negotiating stand is likely further strengthened by the nation's supply chain of goods being under pressure in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which has coincided with the peak shipping season for holiday goods. [4] The strike represented the first strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports since 1977. [5]
In their first strike since 1977, ILA dockworkers have been pushing for a 77% pay raise over the life of the contract and a halt on automation that could replace union jobs at U.S. ports.
Facing the Jan. 15 strike deadline, the two sides will have barely a week to reach an agreement. “They’re not giving themselves a whole lot of time,’’ said Jonathan Gold, a vice president at the National Retail Federation who handles issues involving supply chains and trade. Trump has already weighed in for the union. After meeting ...
Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on.
The dockworkers went on strike just after midnight on Tuesday as they rally for higher pay and more job security. ... "If ever there was a time that labor can get what they want," Stifel's Nolan ...