Port of Houston joins nationwide strike
Longshoremen at Port of Houston to return to work following temporary deal to end strike
Houston-area longshoremen along with thousands of other workers announced an end to their strike Thursday while they broker a new contract with port operators and distributors, ending a three-day work stoppage that threatened to send shock waves through the economy.
Why there is no need to panic buy products during the port strike | What you need to know
A strike that persists for more than a month would likely cause a shortage of some products, although most holiday retail goods have already arrived.
What a strike would mean for Port Houston and other ports around the country
The International Longshoremen’s Association is demanding significantly higher wages and a total ban on the automation of cranes, gates and container-moving trucks that are used in the loading or unloading of freight at 36 U.S. ports. Those ports handle roughly half of the nations’ cargo from ships.
Port Houston strike is here. What does that mean for the Bayou City?
The affected ports handle roughly 43 percent of U.S. imports according to ITS Logistics, a supply chain and logistics company. In Houston, a prolonged strike could mean that the Bayport and Barbours Cut Gate container terminals would be closed indefinitely, freezing trade until the ILA and USMX come to an agreement.
Port of Houston shut down as dock workers strike for fair contract, wages
Dozens of workers outside the Bayboard Container Terminal in Seabrook holding signs saying “NO WORK WITHOUT A FAIR CONTRACT” and “ILA WORKERS OVER MACHINES; DEFEND OUR JOBS AND RIGHTS.”
Houston Port strike 2024: Dockworkers demand higher pay, fight automation
For the first time in nearly five decades, dockworkers at the Port of Houston, alongside their counterparts at ports from Texas to Maine, have gone on strike.
Port Workers Strike: What to Know About Locations and Products Affected
Thousands of unionized dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday morning, stranding cargo and sending ripples through supply chains for consumer goods and manufacturing parts. A contract between the operators of port terminals and the International Longshoremen’s Association,
Did the ports go on strike? Port of Houston among impacted ports from Texas to Maine
Port of Houston dockworkers have joined the nearly 50,000 striking from Texas to Maine. ILA union demands fair wages, automation ban in new contract.
Strike at Port of Houston already being felt by local trucking companies
Houston trucking companies said they're already feeling the impact of the workers' strike because they can't move anything.
Dockworkers strike at Port of Houston
Port of Houston dockworkers are on strike, joining thousands of unionized longshoremen along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts after the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) failed to reach a new labor contract agreement with the union.
‘This is going down in history’: Port of Houston joins nationwide strike
The Port of Houston has joined a nationwide strike which stems from a deadlock that has been happening for months about contract negotiations. The International Longshoremen’s Association, which is the largest union for dock workers,
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