Thousands of US workers are on strike today. Here's a rundown ...
Oct 5, 2023 · The union is seeking 36% general wage increases over four years, as well as a 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay, the restoration of traditional defined-benefit pensions for new hires and a return of cost-of-living pay raises, among other benefits.
Massive port strike begins across America’s East Coast ...
Oct 1, 2024 · Dole bananas at a grocery store. America's most popular fruit could be in shorter supply if longshore workers at East and Gulf coast ports go on strike early Tuesday.
Massive East Coast port strike: five things to know | CNN ...
Oct 4, 2024 · A massive port strike up the East Coast that began on Tuesday has the potential to become one of America’s most disruptive work stoppages in recent times.
Striking port workers to return to work Friday as negotiators ...
Oct 3, 2024 · Striking members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) will be back to work on Friday, the union announced Thursday evening, as it reached a tentative deal with the management ...
Everything you need to know about the largest strikes ... - PBS
Oct 5, 2023 · At least 453,000 workers have participated in 312 strikes in the U.S. this year, according to Johnnie Kallas, a Ph.D. candidate and the project director of Cornell University’s Labor Action...
Ship queue grows at U.S. ports as dockworker strike enters ...
The ILA launched its strike by 45,000 port workers from Maine to Texas, its first major stoppage since 1977, on Tuesday after talks for a new six-year contract with the United States Maritime...
The U.S. is experiencing its first East Coast port strike ...
Oct 2, 2024 · What are the key issues in the labor dispute? The dispute involves a contract covering tens of thousands dockworkers at ports from Massachusetts to Texas whose current labor contract expired at...
East and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers ...
Tens of thousands of longshoremen went on strike at midnight ET, shutting down major ports along the East and Gulf coasts and choking off deliveries of everything from produce to auto parts.
Providence workers strike in Richland, Kadlec responds
Aug 20, 2024 · RICHLAND, Wash. - Over 1,100 Kadlec technical and service workers have issued a notice to strike to Providence Healthcare executives.
US port workers and operators reach deal to end East Coast ...
Oct 4, 2024 · NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - U.S. dock workers and port operators reached a tentative deal that will immediately end a crippling three-day strike that has shut down shipping on the...