Category: dockworkers
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How Biden could use a 1947 law to suspend the dockworkers’ strike
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Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke the 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike by 45,000 dock workers that has led to… Closing 36 American ports From Maine to Texas. At issue is Section 206 of the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947, commonly…
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US dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping By Reuters
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By Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson NEW YORK (Reuters) – Port workers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began their first large-scale strike in nearly 50 years on Tuesday, halting the flow of about half the nation’s shipping, after negotiations for a new labor contract collapsed over wages.…
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US dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping By Reuters
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By Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson NEW YORK (Reuters) – Port workers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began their first large-scale strike in nearly 50 years on Tuesday, halting the flow of about half the nation’s shipping, after negotiations for a new labor contract collapsed over wages.…
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European automakers most at risk from US dockworkers strike, analysts say By Reuters
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DETROIT (Reuters) – European automakers are likely affected by strikes by dockworkers at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports because they rely heavily on those sites, but a longer strike could impact the industry more broadly if suppliers suffer, analysts said. Dockworkers began their first large-scale strike in nearly…
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US Dockworkers Strike Set to Go Ahead After No Deal Announced
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Breadcrumb links BMN Business Dockworkers are set to walk out of every major port on the US East and Gulf Coasts, marking the start of a strike that could spread to the world’s largest economy and cause political unrest just weeks before the presidential election. Article writer: Bloomberg News Laura…