Dockworkers' union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract

DETROIT (AP) — Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on. The International Longshoremen’s Association is suspending its...

The US could have seen shortages and higher retail prices if a dockworkers strike had dragged on

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 1977. The union representing the striking U.S. dockworkers, the International Longshoremen’s Association, reached a deal...

Dockworkers' union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract

DETROIT (AP) — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, is to...

Toilet paper makers say US port strike didn't cause shortages

There is no squeeze on Charmin. Toilet paper makers say that U.S. consumers don’t need to fear shortages due to the three-day strike this week at U.S. ports. The American Forest and Paper Association, which represents makers of toilet paper, facial tissues, paper...

Source: Union for 45,000 US dockworkers agree to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate new contract

Hawaii nurses union calls new contract a step in the right direction

After more than a year of negotiations, unionized nurses at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children approved a new contract Wednesday that limits the number of patients per nurse and boosts their pay. The agreement, which came after federal negotiators intervened, resolved a...

Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize the impact

NEW YORK (AP) — The massive port workers' strike that has shut down all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and the Gulf coast is highlighting a fear held by many workers: Eventually, we will be replaced by machines. The International Longshoremen's Association,...

The president could invoke a 1947 law to try to suspend the dockworkers' strike. Here's how

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke a 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike by 45,000 dockworkers that has shut down 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas. At issue is Section 206 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947,...

The US could see shortages and higher retail prices if a dockworkers strike drags on

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down Tuesday when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977. Workers began walking picket lines early Tuesday, picketing near ports all along the East Coast. Workers outside the...

Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation. Organized labor enjoys rising public support...