Tag: Strikes
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...
A dockworkers strike could shut down East and Gulf ports. Will it affect holiday shopping?
NEW YORK -- U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down Tuesday if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with...
US retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen's strike
With a dockworkers' strike threatening to close ports on the East and Gulf coasts beginning this week, Chris Butler is growing worried. Butler...