Tag: Labor unions
More Black and Latina women are leading unions – and transforming how they work
Women make up roughly half of U.S. labor union membership, but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated...
Dockworkers' union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
DETROIT -- Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend...
Source: Dockworkers' union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports has reached a deal to suspend their strike until Jan....
Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize the impact
NEW YORK -- The massive port workers' strike that has crippled all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. is...
The president could invoke a 1947 law to try to suspend the dockworkers' strike. Here's how
WASHINGTON -- Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke a 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike...
US port strike by 45,000 dockworkers is all but certain to begin at midnight
NEW YORK -- The union representing U.S. dockworkers signaled that 45,000 members will walk off the job at midnight, kicking off a massive...