Biden Scrambles to Contain Economic and Political Fallout of Port Strike
WEB3 hours ago · A strike could cost the economy $4.5 billion to $7.5 billion, or a 0.1 percent hit to U.S. annualized gross domestic product, every week as truckers and other workers dependent on the ports are ...
US ports strike: Dockworkers may have negotiating advantage | AP News
WEB11 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 …
Port strike should be resolved 'fairly and quickly,' White House says
WEB5 hours ago · USA TODAY. 0:02. 1:02. President Joe Biden and his administration have signaled to both sides in the high-stakes dockworkers strike that they need to work things out “fairly and quickly,” the ...
US port strike by 45,000 dockworkers is all but certain to begin at ...
WEB1 day ago · Updated 12:01 PM PDT, September 30, 2024. NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing U.S. dockworkers has signaled that 45,000 members will walk off the job at midnight, kicking off a massive strike likely to shut down ports across the East and Gulf coasts. The coming work stoppage threatens to significantly snarl the nation’s supply chain ...
East and Gulf coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strike
WEB1 day ago · The ports handle about half the ocean imports in the U.S. Varying estimates say the strike encompasses 25,000 to 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association. All told, the ILA ...
What a lengthy U.S. port strike could mean for global supply chains
WEB22 hours ago · A massive dockworker strike at seaports on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts is expected to wreak havoc on global supply chains and the economy, with American consumers likely to notice shortages of ...
Dockworkers Strike at U.S. Ports Could Begin Tuesday - The New …
WEB1 day ago · MHW imports over 2,000 containers a year through the Port of New York and New Jersey, the third-busiest port in the United States. The I.L.A. said a strike would not stop work on cruise ships and ...
Port strike freezes shipping on East Coast, dealing blow to economy
WEB18 hours ago · By Ian Duncan. , David J. Lynch. and. Dana Munro. October 1, 2024 at 12:23 a.m. EDT. Tens of thousands of dockworkers launched a strike at ports along the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico on ...
What Dockworkers Are Pushing For in the Port Strikes - The New …
WEB5 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 ...
Biden urges port operators to increase wages after 45,000 workers …
WEB16 hours ago · Strike – first by port workers on US east coast since 1977 – threatens to shut down ports from Maine to Texas Michael Sainato Tue 1 Oct 2024 12.56 EDT First published on Tue 1 Oct 2024 01.41 EDT