New US Dockworkers Strike Looms Over Automation
As tensions over automation grow, 45,000 U.S. dockworkers are threatening a massive strike that could paralyze ports along the East and Gulf coasts. A standoff could send shockwaves through the economy with East and Gulf Coast ports handling over half of the nation's container traffic,
US dockworkers threaten to strike against automation, creating economic uncertainty
Vowing to stop machines from taking their jobs, 45,000 U.S. longshoremen are threatening to go on a strike that would shut ports on the East and Gulf coasts and could damage the American economy just as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
U.S. Dockworkers, Employers Resume Talks Under Looming Strike Deadline
Union and shipping industry officials are racing to secure a labor agreement ahead of the Jan. 15 expiration of their current contract.
US Dockworkers to Restart Talks With Jobs-for-Automation Offer
A US dockworkers’ union and their employer group will meet in New Jersey on Tuesday with just over a week to hammer out a deal on a new labor contract or risk halting roughly half of all the country’s container volumes.
US port labor talks resume with spotlight on automation
Contract talks covering 45,000 dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are set to restart on Tuesday in a labor dispute that will help set the pace of automation at ports stretching from Maine to Texas.
No end in sight as rare patroller strike in Park City fouls operations at the biggest US ski resort
Ski patrollers miffed by wages they say are too low for high living costs have put a wrench in operations at the biggest U.S.
Biden administration finalizes rule to strike medical debt from credit reports
U.S. consumers will no longer have medical debt appear on their credit reports under to a new rule the CFPB finalized Tuesday ...
Talks to avert another potentially crippling port strike set to resume
Negotiations aimed at heading off a new strike at the ports up and down America’s East and Gulf Coasts are set to resume Tuesday.
Ushers at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, Academy of Music, Miller Theater could strike as soon as Wednesday
Ushers at the Kimmel Center and other Ensemble Arts venues could strike as soon as Wednesday as they demand higher wages.
With contract expired in June, ushers at the Kimmel Center threaten strike
The looming strike could upend Philadelphia Orchestra concerts and 'MJ the Musical' which are on the schedule this week.
With strike looming, longshoremen and management return to negotiations
Days before thousands of longshoremen at ports on the East and Gulf Coast are due to go on strike, negotiations aimed at ...
Bridge strike shuts Cross City Line live – third incident at same bridge in a week
A busy Birmingham railway line linking the city with Erdington, Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield has shut again after a further ...
Providence St. Vincent limiting patients ahead of Friday's system-wide strike
Providence is preparing for a potential shortage of doctors and nurses ahead of what could be the largest health care worker ...
Canada Post says it’s back to full domestic service levels after strike
Canada Post says it is now back to full-service levels domestically almost three weeks since resuming operations after a month-long countrywide strike.
Bus disruption warning due to strike action
Bus drivers and supervisors are set to take weekend strike action in a dispute about pay. More than 140 members of Unite the ...