Tag: Strikes
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...
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”...
Facing a possible strike at US ports, Biden administration urges operators to negotiate with unions
WASHINGTON -- Top Biden administration officials met Friday with port operators ahead of a possible strike at East and Gulf coast ports, with...
Boeing and union negotiators set to meet for contract talks 2 weeks into worker strike
SEATTLE -- The union representing Boeing's striking factory workers in the Pacific Northwest says it expects to resume negotiations with the company on...
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...