Why the dockworker strike was really an aging-workforce issue
WEB1 day ago · Read: Dockworkers union agrees to suspend port strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate new contract. ... nearly one in four transportation and warehousing workers were over 55 years old.
Dockworkers on East Coast and Gulf Coast to return to work after ...
WEB1 day ago · The work stoppage involved ports from Maine to Texas. The governors of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maryland were among those calling for a swift resolution to the labor dispute.
Striking port workers to return to work Friday as negotiators …
WEB1 day ago · Striking members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) will be back to work on Friday, the union announced Thursday evening, as it reached a tentative deal with the management ...
How much do dockworkers make? Here is the pay raise they
WEB22 hours ago · The union secured a 61.5% raise over six years. Under the tentative agreement, the highest paid workers would make $63 per hour in the final year of the contract — up from $39.
Ports Rush to Reopen After Dockworker Strike Is Suspended - The …
WEB19 hours ago · By Peter Eavis. Oct. 4, 2024 Updated 4:50 p.m. ET. Hours after a longshoremen’s union on the East and Gulf Coasts agreed to suspend its strike, major ports rushed to reopen on Friday and get ...
Dockworker - Wikipedia
WEBA dockworker (also called a longshoreman, stevedore, or docker) is a waterfront manual laborer who loads and unloads ships. [1] As a result of the intermodal shipping container revolution, the required number of dockworkers declined by over 90% since the 1960s. [2]
7 things to know about the U.S. dockworkers strike and its effect …
WEB1 day ago · Economy Oct 3, 2024 4:48 PM EDT. NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down this week when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since ...
Opinion | The real reason 47,000 dock workers are on strike: …
WEB4 days ago · By Heather Long. October 1, 2024 at 8:09 a.m. EDT. For the first time since 1977, dockworkers are on strike at all East Coast and Gulf Coast ports. Some 47,000 workers have stopped unloading the ...
Dockworkers' union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to ...
WEB1 day ago · The International Longshoremen’s Association is suspending its three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which ...
The Profane 78-Year-Old Leading the Dockworkers Strike - WSJ
WEB3 days ago · Oct. 2, 2024 5:30 am ET. Text. Harold Daggett stood in front of the closed gates at the Port of New York and New Jersey just after midnight Tuesday and delivered a battle cry to hundreds of ...