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Port of Boston. Credits: Kim Eriksson, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr The International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) East Coast port strikes have officially begun, potentially costing the US billions of ...

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The last time East and Gulf Coast dock workers went on strike was in 1977. The ocean carriers and terminal operators represented by the US Maritime Alliance, also known as USMX, have accused the ...

Tens of thousands of dockworkers on the eastern coast of the USA have downed tools. Negotiations for a new 6-year contract failed on Monday night. That halted about half of US shipping cargo, with an ...

"Nothin's gonna move without us – nothing," Daggett said. This is the first such strike on the East Coast since 1977, when an ILA strike jammed up cargo imports on the East Coast for 44 days.

Tens of thousands of dockworkers have gone on strike across the US East Coast, shutting down key ocean shipping routes – and raising concerns about shortages and inflation – in the build-up to ...

The United States Maritime Alliance, known as USMX, represents employers of the East and Gulf Coast longshore industry. USMX did not immediately comment. If union members walk off the job at ports ...

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - US dock workers and port operators have reached a tentative deal that will immediately end a crippling three-day strike that has shut down shipping on the US East Coast and ...

US East Coast Port Strike Set to Start Tuesday, Says Union By David Shepardson and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A port strike on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico will go ahead ...

Update: US port workers and operators reach a deal to end East Coast strike immediately on Oct. 3. Read more. Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas are officially on strike after the clock ...

Factbox-Companies Have Planned for US East Coast Ports Strike (Reuters) -Some 45,000 union workers walked off the job at seaports on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts on Oct. 1, cutting off vital ...