Tag: Strikes
The US could see shortages and higher retail prices if a dockworkers strike drags on
NEW YORK -- U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down this week when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike...
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...
Port strikes extend a new era of American labor activism
The U.S. dockworkers who went on strike early Tuesday are just the latest unionized group to back their demands for better contracts by...
Dockworkers go on a strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season
PHILADELPHIA -- A strike by dockworkers at 36 ports from Maine to Texas, the first in decades, could snarl supply chains and lead...
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...