Companies sweeten contract offer to a 62% wage increase to reopen ports from Maine to Texas

Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.

Port workers all along the East and Gulf coasts are walking out Tuesday morning after a contract was not agreed upon.

Dockworkers at dozens of U.S. ports are digging in for a massive pay increase, seeking to flex their power in a strike that aims to strangle the flow of trade across much of the country.“This is going down in history what we’re doing here,

Read more. Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas are officially on strike after the clock struck midnight with no new labor deal in hand. Thirty-six East Coast and Gulf Coast ports shut down as 45,

U.S. East Coast and Gulf ports resumed operations after unionized dockworkers reached a tentative labor agreement with an employer group for a new contract, ending a three-day strike. The agreement, which was announced on Thursday,

Many ports along the East and Gulf coasts were shut down, threatening the country’s supply chains, after unionized port workers went on strike on Tuesday. But those workers will return to work after reaching a tentative agreement on wages with the group representing port employers.

Approximately 50,000 ILA union longshoremen went on strike after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract with maritime companies

Importers and exporters are breathing a sigh of relief. A strike that closed 36 East Coast and Gulf Coast ports has been suspended until January. Members o