Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas, including NY, go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas have started walking picket lines in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.
Port workers, led by ILA leader Harold Daggett, have stopped working indefinitely in a dispute over pay and automation.
Without a new port labor deal, the International Longshoremen’s Association instructed its members to halt work after midnight Tuesday.
The contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired at midnight.
A prolonged work stoppage of several weeks or months could rekindle inflation for some goods and trigger layoffs at manufacturers as raw materials dry up, experts said.
Baltimore dockworkers joined tens of thousands of longshoremen who went on strike early Tuesday along the East and Gulf coasts, rejecting an 11th-hour offer to boost wages and shutting down ports from ...
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas have started walking picket lines in a strike over wages and automation that could ...
Ports manned by ILA-represented workers handle nearly half of the country's ocean shipping, including two significant ports ...
New Yorkers may see shortages and higher retail prices when they start their holiday shopping as the first large-scale ...
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