East and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strike
WEB3 days ago — 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 ...
Dockworkers hit picket lines in historic US port strike that could ...
WEB3 days ago — A cargo ship sits in a New Jersey port along New York Harbor on April 19, 2023. A prolonged East Coast and Gulf Coast port strike could moderately increase prices for a range of goods, experts ...
US ports strike: Dockworkers may have negotiating advantage - AP News
WEB2 days ago — Updated 11:33 AM PDT, October 1, 2024. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With 45,000 longshoremen at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas on strike for the first time in decades, experts say the workers may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation. Organized labor enjoys rising public …
East and Gulf coast ports strike, with ILA longshoremen walking …
WEB3 days ago — Approximately 50,000 ILA union longshoremen were walking off the job at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports from New England to Texas starting at 12:01 a.m. ET on Tuesday after failing to reach an ...
Thousands of longshoremen strike in South Florida demanding ... - CBS News
WEB2 days ago — Longshoremen strike in South Florida demanding higher pay, job protections 02:26. ... More from CBS News. Aventura condo president charged with stealing more than $1.5 million in cash, property.
Dockworkers are striking. What does that mean? - POLITICO
WEB2 days ago — 10/01/2024 04:08 PM EDT. Tens of thousands of dockworkers on the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast hit the picket line early Tuesday amid a strike over wages and automation at ports. The walkout ...
Longshoremen strike impacts shipping goods, grocery item …
WEB1 day ago — In a Sept. 25, 2024, post on the International Longshoremen's Association's site, which was days before the strike officially began (Oct. 1, 2024), the ILA said passenger cruise ships would be ...
Port workers on strike in South Florida demand higher wages
WEB2 days ago — Dockworkers in South Florida have joined a nationwide strike by the International Longshoremen Association — the first one in 50 years. More than 200 workers in Fort Lauderdale camped outside ...
Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over …
WEBSep 18, 2024 — The International Longshoremen’s Union is demanding significantly higher wages and a total ban on the automation of cranes, gates and container movements that are used in the loading or loading of freight at 36 U.S. ports.
Longshoremen strike deadline looms large over economy and …
WEB3 days ago — 1. Longshoremen strike deadline looms large over economy and election. Tens of thousands of longshoremen at 14 ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico are poised to walk off the job early ...