Dockworkers are striking. What does that mean? - POLITICO
WEB12 hours ago · 10/01/2024 04:08 PM EDT. Tens of thousands of dockworkers on the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast hit the picket line early Tuesday amid a strike over wages and automation at ports. The walkout ...
How much do dockworkers make? Here are the striking workers' …
WEB11 hours ago · The union is demanding a 77% raise over six years, or the equivalent of a $5 increase per hour for each year of the contract. Under the union's proposal, workers would make $44 for the first year ...
Striking dock workers shut down ports on east coast of the U.S.
WEB18 hours ago · Dock workers shut down ports in the East, threatening big hit to the U.S. economy. A crane prepares to move shipping containers from the deck of a ship docked in Los Angeles Harbor. The Ports of ...
US ports strike: Dockworkers may have negotiating advantage | AP …
WEB21 hours ago · Updated 3:41 AM PDT, October 1, 2024. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A strike by dockworkers at 36 ports from Maine to Texas, the first in decades, could snarl supply chains and lead to shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more than a few weeks. Workers began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a …
Why 45,000 dock workers are striking | Vox
WEB9 hours ago · Approximately 45,000 workers walked off the job at 12:01 am, making it the most significant strike the union has engaged in since 1977. On Tuesday, workers at 36 different ports stopped work after ...
Where the Dockworkers’ Union and Port Operators Stand on Key …
WEB15 hours ago · The I.L.A. had been asking for a $5-an-hour raise for each of the six years of the new contract, which for the top-earning longshoremen would mean $69 an hour in the final year of the agreement ...
Opinion | The real reason 47,000 dock workers are on strike: …
WEB20 hours ago · October 1, 2024 at 8:09 a.m. EDT. For the first time since 1977, dockworkers are on strike at all East Coast and Gulf Coast ports. Some 47,000 workers have stopped unloading the massive containers ...
Dockworkers Make $150,000 or More. Here Are Their Strike …
WEB1 day ago · The dock workers strike, the first for the East Coast ports since 1977, is expected to impact more than 50% of U.S. imports. The dock workers strike, the first for the East Coast ports since 1977 ...
How a US dock workers' strike could have flow on effects for …
WEB8 hours ago · A US dock workers' strike reaching from New York to Texas is throwing global supply chains into disarray. Shipping problems quickly pile up in such situations, according to Andrew Coldrey, the ...
Port Workers Strike: What to Know About Locations and Products …
WEB1 day ago · Workers at ports from Maine to Texas walked off the job at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. These ports handle about half of all goods shipped to the United States in containers. One of them, the Port of New ...