The job action by the International Longshoremen's Association could cost the American economy as much as $7.5 billion a week ...

The largest union representing port workers in the United States said an anticipated port strike will begin on Tuesday, as ...

Confronted by the militancy of longshore unions, port operators have deployed automation, in part to limit their ...

A port strike on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico will go ahead starting on Tuesday, the International Longshoremen’s ...

If longshore workers at East and Gulf coast ports go on strike Tuesday, as now appears likely, it could choke off the ...

The union representing 85,000 dockworkers at ports on the East and Gulf coasts of the US said Sunday it will go on strike ...

If roughly 45,000 U.S. longshoremen make good on their threat to strike beginning Tuesday, they could shut down 36 ports from ...

In a worst-case scenario, those costs, multiplied across industries, could fuel inflation and pressure the U.S. economy.

A prolonged strike would force companies to pay shippers for the delays, and goods could arrive too late for the high point of holiday shopping season.

Key industry and government officials are urging US dockworkers and their employers to avoid a strike at East and Gulf coast ports this week, though many facilities are already bracing for a shutdown.

Longshoremen on the West Coast are represented by a separate union that agreed to a contract last year. Ports in California ...

Retailers are bracing for potential pain should thousands of dock workers along the East Coast begin striking this week. Here ...