Dockworker unions need to be forced to accept reality. Automation is coming and that’s a good thing.

Automated ports are inevitable, so the best resolution for all of us is for unions to be forced into contracts that specify an automation timeline, retraining programs, and job creation ... Read More

Dockworkers' Strike: Ships Pile Up After Threat To 'Cripple' Economy, Demand For 77% Pay Hike

The dockworkers' strike at ports ... the size of the economy. Goldman Sachs estimated a 10-day shutdown could result in a 0.2% hit to gross domestic product (though impacts on jobless claims ... Read More

Dockworkers' union walks away from negotiations with East and Gulf Coast employers

The union representing dockworkers ... strike to achieve its demands, even if it meant inflicting broader damage on the U.S. economy. "I'll cripple you," Daggett said in the interview about the ... Read More

Dockworkers are on strike over wages, automation. Here's how it could impact consumers

Dockworkers at ports from Maine ... J.P. Morgan estimated that a strike that shuts down East and Gulf coast ports could cost the economy $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion per day, with some of that ... Read More

Galveston port director says cruises will not affected by dockworkers' strike

With thousands of dockworkers now picketing cargo ... Different sectors of the economy are likely to experience the strike's effects at different times. They could show up quickest with goods ... Read More

In Port Labor Dispute, Trump Backed a Union That Courted Him

President-elect Donald J. Trump is supporting the International Longshoremen’s Association, which could strike soon if it doesn’t reach a deal on automation with employers. Read More

Following White House pressure, dockworkers strike “to cripple US economy” suspended

Most retailers, though, had stocked up or shipped items early in anticipation of the dockworkers’ strike. The effects of the stoppage would have crippled the US economy, and just a month before ... Read More

Trump backs dockworkers' union in port automation dispute, transition team set to meet with USMX

President-elect Trump is siding with the International Longshoreman's Association (ILA) union in its pushback against port employers aiming to increase automation at U.S. ports. Read More

Rhetoric heating up again as dockworkers at SC and other ports stare down strike deadline

Shipping lines and a dockworkers union that supplies labor at seaports from Maine to Texas, including Charleston, are trading shots as a strike deadline nears. Read More

Longshoremen and Trump are in the same anti-automation boat

The International Longshoremen’s Association readies another strike. It could be Trump’s first crisis. Read More

Trump Backs Dockworkers Against Automation Threat

President-elect Donald Trump supports the anti-automation stance of dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts, highlighting the issue's impact on American jobs. The labor talks, involving the ILA ... Read More

Trump promotes “America First” nationalism to head off potential second strike on US East Coast docks

The same president who has promised to deploy the military to deport undocumented immigrants and even their citizen relatives will use similar ruthless methods against the working class, against whom ... Read More