Dock workers across the East and Gulf coast are on strike and the stakes are frighteningly high. The economy stands to lose an estimated $5 billion a day. A prolonged picket line will wreak havoc on ...

The massive dock worker strike beginning Tuesday comes at an inopportune time for the U.S. economy, as the potential uptick in shipping prices comes ahead of the holiday season and as policy makers ...

BALTIMORE — Striking longshoremen in Baltimore are likely to continue handling cruise ships and vessels with military cargo, according to William Doyle, the former director of the Port of Baltimore.

Some union leaders are self-destructive idiots. America’s ports have fallen behind. Not a single one ranks in the top 50 worldwide. A big reason is that dock unions stop innovation. This fall, the ...

Curtis: So, the dock workers went on strike on Monday night into Tuesday morning, it affected ports at all up and down the eastern seaboard that typically process about 50 percent of U. S. imports and ...

Workers at ports on the East and Gulf Coasts have agreed to go back to the docks — at least for now. Dock workers with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) went on strike Tuesday ...

After a three-day strike that crippled East Coast and Gulf ports from Maine to Texas, U.S. dock workers are returning to their stations with a 62% pay increase. The International Longshoremen’s ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The clock is ticking to avoid another port strike, with the deadline set for January 15. On Tuesday, the U.S. Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoreman’s Association ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Workers at New York and New Jersey’s ports have joined thousands across the country in a strike Tuesday, which could affect the availability of some goods. If this strike lasts more ...

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