Source: Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
DETROIT — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time…
US dockworkers press on with second day of strike, with no deal in sight
US President Biden urged for a quick deal to end the standoff, which threatens to drain billions from the US economy. Tens of thousands of United States dockworkers have continued…
Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize the impact
NEW YORK — The massive port workers’ strike that has shut down all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and the Gulf coast is highlighting a…
Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports
PHILADELPHIA — The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in…