The International Longshoremen’s Association, known as the ILA, argued that big global cargo carriers have raked in huge profits since pandemic-era supply-chain snags drove up freight rates, and that workers haven’t sufficiently shared in those gains.

On Tuesday, dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts walked off the job demanding better pay. How much do they make? Here's what to know.

The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports including South Carolina's has reached a deal to suspend their strike until Jan. 15 to

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.

The walkout threatened to plunge the holiday shopping season into turmoil and become an issue in next month's presidential election.

Ahead of the US presidential elections in November, the port workers’ strike threatens to cause significant economic disruption.

At midnight on Tuesday, about 50,000 dockworkers unionized with the International Longshoremen’s Association officially began a country-spanning strike, walking off the job from 36 shipping ports on the East and Gulf coasts,

Baltimore, United States - October 01, 2024 About 45,000 port workers across the East and Gulf Coasts of the United States, including those in Baltimore, Maryland, went on strike on Tuesday as a midnight deadline for a new labor deal over wages and automation passed.