In a social media post, the union's president Harold Daggett said the union was fighting for “the kind of wages we deserve.” In a statement on Monday, the union blamed the United States Maritime Alliance,

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

Thousands of longshoremen are on strike across the nation and that includes hundreds in Mobile. A picket line has started near the Alabama state docks. This picket line started at midnight on Tuesday as the contract between the ILA and US Maritime Alliance expired.

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.

Around 45,000 dockworkers went on strike Tuesday for the first time in almost 50 years, in a move that could temporarily put up to 105,000 workers out of work. Thirty-six East and Gulf Coast ports from Maine to Texas are affected after labor negotiations stalled between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA),

Dockworkers across the United States are now on strike, with about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) walking off the job.

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Numerous products will be affected by the port strike, as thousands of dockworkers along the East and Gulf coast walked off the job on Tuesday 1. Over 36 ports have shut down as negotiations between the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) have broken down.