Dockworkers strike in front of an entrance to a container terminal near Boston Harbor, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Boston. AP Photo/Steven Senne.

Dockworkers go on strike, snarling traffic at East and Gulf Coast ports. Updated October 1, 2024 3:05 PM ET Originally published October 1, 2024 1:12 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. By .

In 2002, a strike among workers at West Coast ports lasted 11 days before then-President George W. Bush invoked the Taft-Hartley Act and ended the standoff. Related Topics Dockworkers strike ...

The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports has reached a deal to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.

Ports across the East and Gulf coasts have reopened following a brief dockworkers strike. They went on strike on Tuesday, Oct. 1, for the first time in almost 50 years over wages and work automation.

Port workers, U.S. Maritime Alliance agree to deal, ending strike 02:30. The International Longshoremen's Association, the union representing striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports ...

Unionized dockworkers at 36 East and Gulf Coast ports went on strike early Tuesday amid an impasse in negotiations over a new contract with a group representing port employers. The International ...

Dockworkers strike potential economic impact. By one estimate from J.P. Morgan, the strike at U.S. ports could cost the economy between $3.5 and $4.5 billion a day, though some of that could be ...

Some 25,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports may strike just after midnight on October 1 if their union doesn't reach a contract deal with shipping companies and port operators.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — From Maine to Texas, dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern United States are on strike for the first time in decades, a work ...

Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on.