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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,...
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...
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks. The contract between the ports and about...
Alleging landlord neglect, Omaha renters form unions to fight back
As a first-time renter straight out of high school, Spencer Antrim didn’t know what to expect of his landlord when he signed a lease at Camelot Village Apartments. The restaurant worker assumed it was normal to have some unresolved maintenance concerns. But over the next...
Carmaker Stellantis slashes forecasts as it faces industry slump and Chinese competition
MILAN (AP) — Carmaker Stellantis, the world’s fourth largest carmaker, slashed its earnings forecast on Monday, citing investments to turn around its U.S. operations amid a wider industry slump and increased Chinese competition. Stellantis said it was accelerating efforts to turn...
Latest talks between Boeing and its striking machinists break off without progress, union says
NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing Boeing factory workers who are currently on strike in the Pacific Northwest said contract talks “broke off” with the company after their latest bargaining session. In an update posted on social media platforms X and Facebook, a regional...
Pistons owner Tom Gores will buy a 27% stake in the Los Angeles Chargers, according to AP sources
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores has agreed to purchase a 27% stake in the Los Angeles Chargers, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Friday. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the purchase has not been...
Ports seek order to force dockworkers to bargaining table as strike looms at East and Gulf ports
DETROIT (AP) — With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen's union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract. The U.S. Maritime Alliance says it filed an unfair labor practice...
Labour Party members deal a blow to Starmer a day after his appeal for unity
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Members of Britain’s governing Labour Party dealt Prime Minister Keir Starmer a blow on Wednesday, rejecting his decision to cut payments that offset winter heating costs for millions of retirees. The vote on the final day of Labour’s annual conference...
