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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.
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]
On Oct. 1, thousands of dockworkers with the International Longshoremen's Association, the union overseeing dockworkers across East Coast and Gulf Coast ports in the U.S., went on strike.
At the same time, the percentage of workers who belong to a union has sunk to 10% as of 2023, down from more than 20% in 1983, according to federal labor data. Highlights from JD Vance-Tim Walz ...
If the standoff sounds familiar, it’s because the same dockworkers — members of the International Longshoremen’s Association — staged a three-day walkout last fall. In October, they suspended the strike until Jan. 15 after reaching a tentative agreement with ports and shipping companies for a 62% pay raise over six years. But union ...
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.
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 ...