Dockworkers striking at NJ and NY ports have a unique weapon: state unemployment benefits
NY and NJ are the only states where striking workers can get jobless benefits. How successful are strikes these days?
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 ...
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Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize the impact
The massive port workers’ strike that has shut down all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and<a ...
Major strikes at US Ports and the impacts on NZ
Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East ...
Billions of dollars of U.S. economic activity halted as port workers enter day two of their strike
The port workers' strike is in its second day, with 45,000 dock workers looking for a pay raise and a ban on automation in ...
Longshoremen union's last strike lasted 45 days in 1977. What led to the current strike?
For the first time in nearly 50 years, dockworkers and longshoremen on the East and Gulf coasts went on strike Tuesday, ...