“We want fair wages, not automation to put us out of work,” says striking dockworker
On the first day of the walkout by 45,000 dockworkers, several spoke to WSWS reporters about the issues at stake in this ...
US ports strike causes first shutdown in 50 years
A dockworkers' strike is set to shut down ports across much of the US indefinitely, threatening significant trade and ...
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Port Strike Reflects Anxieties About Automation in Labor
Longshoremen are striking for better wages, but they also say they're fighting to protect jobs against automation. U.S. ports ...
SIU expert weighs in on U.S. port strike
It could get more difficult to find your favorite things on store shelves as strikes take place at ports across the East ...
East and Gulf coasts dock strike part of growing rebellion by the working class
The strike wave poses both the urgent need, as well as the possibility, of an independent class movement directed against the ...
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Impact from port workers strike could be felt in Arkansas
The International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance failed to reach an agreement overnight, causing union port workers along the East Coast and Gulf of ...
Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — From Maine to Texas, dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U.S. are now on strike for the first time ...
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Northeast leaders vow to limit disruptions from port strike
The strike, which began at midnight, will stop the flow of various goods over the docks of almost all cargo ports along the East and Gulf of Mexico coasts.