Politics of a potential port strike
Beneath the Potential Strike at U.S. Ports: Tensions Over Innovation
Confronted by the militancy of longshore unions, port operators have deployed automation, in part to limit their vulnerability to labor troubles. Not coincidentally, dockworkers tend to look suspiciously at robots and other forms of innovation, divining threats to their livelihoods.
Here's how a port strike could impact what you buy as deadline for a deal looms
At least 25,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports could walk off the job next week, impacting about half of the country's imports and possibly sending prices higher for consumers. Negotiations between the workers' union and the employers face a Tuesday deadline.
Consumers became exasperated when they saw all the empty shelves. They endured price spikes for items that were suddenly ...
Days before dockworkers are scheduled to strike at seaports from Maine to Texas, analysts are warning of widespread cargo ...
(DC News Now) — There are just a handful of days until a potential strike ensues at ports up and down the East Coast, ...
The looming strike of dockworkers across the U.S. East and Gulf coasts could devastate the nation's consumer supply chain, ...
Dockworkers could strike as soon as Oct. 1, shutting down every container port on the East and Gulf Coasts. Here's how that ...
Some 25,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports may strike as early as October 1 if their union doesn't reach a contract deal with shipping companies and port operators.
The International Longshoremen's Association is preparing for a potential strike that could potentially shut down seaports ...
A government task force is ready to help minimize supply-chain disruptions in case of a prolonged East Coast port strike, ...
Chris Butler, CEO of National Tree Company, fears a potential dockworkers' strike on the East and Gulf coasts may delay shipments of holiday decorations, causing financial losses. Expected to start ...
Port of Montreal dockworkers are set to walk off the job Monday morning as tensions in a labor dispute ratchet up, ...
The union representing 45,000 dockworkers from Maine to Texas says it will go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
With a dockworkers' strike threatening to close ports on the East and Gulf coasts beginning this week, Chris Butler is ...
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