Looming Port Strikes Worrying News for Kamala Harris
A major strike is planned for October 1 that could spark a consumer price hike right before the 2024 presidential election.
Port employers meet with Biden administration as potential strike looms next week
Port employers met with White House officials Friday as negotiations with the union representing East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers are at an impasse with a potential strike looming.
Strike Looms at US East Coast, Gulf of Mexico Ports
The union, which represents dockworkers across 36 ports on the U.S. East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico, threatens to strike on Oct. 1. If its members walk off the job at ports stretching from Maine to Texas,
Lots More on the Potentially Massive East Coast Port Strikes
As soon as next week, workers at all of the ports on the US East Coast could go on strike, crippling trade across a range of industrial and agricultural parts of the economy. So what's at stake? What do the workers want?
US East Coast port employers file NRLB complaint against union as strike looms
By Lisa Baertlein, David Shepardson and Daniel Wiessner LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Employers negotiating a labor contract at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports on Thursday filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the union,
East Coast port workers on verge of strike for first time in 47 years. What to know
For the first time since 1977, East Coast port workers are on the verge of a strike. Here's what's at stake, for both workers and consumers.
The looming East Coast port strike could send the container trade into 'chaos,' CEO warns
For the first time in decades, the largest union of maritime workers in North America is planning to go on strike, potentially disrupting supply chains and pushing the container trade into “chaos,” according to the CEO of Container xChange.
An ILA Strike Next Week Would Affect These 10 Seaports, Maybe An Election
The East Coast and Gulf Coast seaports that would be affected by a longshoremen’s strike are accounting for almost 60 percent ...
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Where ILA strike might go from here
Bolstering its service in the LA to Chicago lane (volume shown above) by removing two days of transit time. Doubling capacity ...
With only days to go before the deadline, US corporations prepare to deal with potential East Coast dock strike
This is a repeat in reverse of the same maneuvers conducted between 2022 through 2023 when the contract for the West Coast ...
Ports strike would leave Walmart, Ikea, Home Depot with few import options, union warns
Port workers are prepared to go on strike on the East and Gulf coasts on Oct. 1, and the union is warning that Canadian and ...
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Port of Houston Braces for Possible Strike as ILA and USMX Approach Critical Deadline in Contract Talks
Negotiations between ILA and USMX face a looming deadline, risking a strike that could disrupt the Port of Houston's ...
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Ports along the East and Gulf coasts preparing for possible worker strike
A spokesperson for the Port of Philadelphia says contingency plans are being put in place at Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, ...
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ILA calls USMX move at NLRB “a publicity stunt”
As a port strike that threatens to close U.S, ports from Maine to Texas on October 1 gets ever nearer, the ILA union is ...
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Truck drivers, companies fear possible ILA strike; union says it's 'fighting for respect'
Herman Buckner is another truck driver who has friends who do a lot of work at ports and he worries about them. “They’re not going to be able to pay their bills," Buckner said. Even so, he supports ...
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The impending longshoremen’s strike at Georgia ports is about more than wages
U.S. dockworkers are threatening to strike over pay and automation. That's not all Georgia Ports Authority is worried about.
Yes, Gulf and East Coast ports are alerting the public about the potential impacts of a dockworkers strike
On social media, several claims urge people to 'panic buy' supplies that could become difficult to find if major ports from ...
Port Strike, If Short, Won’t Spur Inflation, Economists Say
The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), the alliance of port associations, container carriers, and employers, has failed ...