Port Strike Update: Union Turns Down 'Nearly 50% Wage Increase'
International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) negotiators have turned down a near 50 percent pay increase offer from the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) as workers continue to strike across U.S. ports.
Five things to know as the massive port strike enters its third day
A massive port strike up the East Coast that began on Tuesday has the potential to become one of America’s most disruptive work stoppages in recent times.
How much do port workers make? A look at salaries amid ongoing port strike
We’re prepared to stay on strike for as long as it takes to secure the wages and protections our members deserve.”
Biden urges port operators to increase wages after 45,000 workers go on strike
Strike – first by port workers on US east coast since 1977 – threatens to shut down ports from Maine to Texas
Biden Urges USMX to ‘Present a Fair Offer’ to ILA Amid East Coast Port Strike
In a statement, President Biden leaned in favor of the ILA dockworkers' demands, putting the burden on USMX’s foreign-owned ocean carriers.
Biden Official Urges Talks As US Port Strike Enters Second Day
US dockworkers picketed for a second day Wednesday, garnering support from other labor groups as the Biden administration urged shippers to boost their offer to end a damaging strike weeks before the presidential election.
Business coalition urges Biden to take ‘immediate action’ to end port strike
Nearly 300 trade associations urged President Biden on Wednesday to take “immediate action” to resolve the massive strike at ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Tens of thousands of longshoremen walked off the job shortly after midnight Tuesday in a scenario businesses have been dreading for months.
Joe Biden backs dockworkers in labor strike, urges ocean carriers to offer ‘fair contract’
President Joe Biden on Tuesday night backed union dockworkers and pressured US port employers to put forward a “fair contract” ahead of the second day of historic port strikes. Some 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association walked off the job on Tuesday – picketing at ports stretching from Maine to Texas as they fight for higher wages and protections from automation to be included in their new contract.
President Biden urges USMX to make ‘fair offer’ to striking dockworkers
US President Biden has placed the ball firmly in the court of employers USMX to negotiate with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) to end the port strike.
This shipping stock is ‘in an enviable position’ for a protracted port strike, says analyst
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How much do dockworkers make? What to know about wages amid ILA port strike
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US port strike: GM, Walmart, LG top importers at impacted ports
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Port strike: distilled spirits exports and imports at risk says trade group
A trade association said the distilled spirits industry and its consumers are facing impacts from the dockworker strike at ...
East and Gulf Coast Ports Strike as ILA, USMX Fail to Reach New Deal
Union dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas went on strike at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, putting coast-wide cargo in limbo.
US port strike backed by White House
President Joe Biden’s administration heaped pressure on U.S. port employers to raise their offer to secure a labor deal with ...
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Port strike begins as ILA rejects last minute USMX offer
There had been a faint glimmer of hope Monday evening when the employers’ organization, the United States Maritime Alliance ...
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Port of Virginia shuts down Monday ahead of expected ILA strike
The Port of Virginia shut down Monday ahead of an expected International Longshoremen Association strike Oct. 1 as the ILA ...
ILA port strike poses major threat to the auto supply chain
Ports manned by ILA-represented workers handle nearly half of the country's ocean shipping, including two significant ports ...