The union representing thousands of U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports has reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract Wednesday.
The National Retail Federation is urging the Biden administration to intervene in a labor strike affecting U.S. East and Gulf Coast container ports, which has disrupted operations since the master contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance expired on September 30.
With 45,000 dock workers across the country poised to walk off the job by the end of Monday, one owner of a trucking business in Houston is scrambling to find options to keep his job going.
About 45,000 dock workers are poised to walk off the job at midnight Tuesday if a deal is not reached between the union representing the workers and the United States Maritime Alliance, which represents the ports.
A strike that is potentially just weeks away has the potential to have a weeks if not months-long impact on the U.S. economy.
Journalists across the U.S. will walk off their jobs next week at publications owned by Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the U.S. Their union said Thursday that the mostly one-day strike will start June 5.