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In anticipation of the official start of the strike, workers at the Port of Virginia began systematically halting operations after 8:00 a.m. EST, closing the port gates for truck deliveries at noon, issuing orders for ships to leave the port by 1:00 p.m., and ceasing cargo work at 6 p.m. [6]
The ILA members' strike, which consisted of over 47,000 port workers across the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, including 4,500 from New York and New Jersey, began on Tuesday, Oct. 1, as the union ...
The deal reached Thursday evening that ended a strike by 50,000 port workers has a lot of winners and few if any losers. The deal only covers wages, not other contract provisions.But the union ...
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), an association of companies that operate East and Gulf Coast ports, reached a tentative agreement ...
Before the strike, Johnnie Dixon, president of the Fort Lauderdale chapter of the ILA, told CBS News Miami that the union's demands are justified given the soaring prices consumers have faced ...
Striking members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) will be back to work on Friday, the union announced Thursday evening, as it reached a tentative deal with the management ...
The strike had commenced on Tuesday as 45,000 dockworkers sought much higher pay to compensate for their high-risk jobs. Fears of automation and job protection were also front-and-center issues.
A massive port strike along the East and Gulf Coasts that kicked off on Tuesday has the potential to become one of America’s most disruptive work stoppages in recent times.. The demands of the ...