The longshoremen’s current contract expires Monday night, and the union has voted to authorize a strike if a deal is not reached before then. Longshoremen are the workers who load and unload ...

The longshoremen’s current contract expires Monday night, and the union has voted to authorize a strike if a deal is not reached before then. Longshoremen are the workers who load and unload ...

For the first time in nearly 50 years, dockworkers and longshoremen on the East and Gulf coasts went on strike Tuesday, creating significant disruptions in some of the busiest U.S. ports.

The ILA says it represents about 85,000 longshoremen, and the USMX says the current contract covers around 25,000 port workers. This would be the union’s first strike at all East Coast and Gulf ...

And once the longshoremen’s union eventually returned to work, a ship backlog would likely result. For every day of a port strike, experts say it takes four to six days to clear it up.

Dockworkers and longshoremen of Baltimore have joined a strike taking place along the East and Gulf coasts. Protesters could be seen picketing and stopping car shipments from entering at the Port ...

Longshoremen are on strike at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts. These are the workers who unload and load cargo, and they’re demanding better pay and limits to the use of automation.

Wilkins said the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse is still impacting the supply chain, on top of the longshoreman's strike. He said his biggest concern is "prices are gonna soar." ...

As the South works to recover from Hurricane Helene, a strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) at East and Gulf Coast ports is about to add to the economic damage.

Though there were news reports of hoarding products and grocery goods (toilet paper, paper towels) as the Longshoremen strike continues, the ILA made clear almost a week before the strike began th ...