Tag: Labor unions
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...
Latest talks between Boeing and its striking machinists break off without progress, union says
NEW YORK -- The union representing Boeing factory workers who are currently on strike in the Pacific Northwest said contract talks “broke off”...
Ports seek order to force dockworkers to bargaining table as strike looms at East and Gulf ports
DETROIT -- With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the...
Labour Party members deal a blow to Starmer a day after his appeal for unity
LIVERPOOL, England -- Members of Britain’s governing Labour Party dealt Prime Minister Keir Starmer a blow on Wednesday, rejecting his decision to cut...