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Port of Houston faces shutdown amid dockworkers strike threat. How it could affect your shopping
Read full article: Port of Houston faces shutdown amid dockworkers strike threat. How it could affect your shoppingU.S. ports from Maine to Texas are closed due to a strike by the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers.
Port closures trigger panic buying in Houston, water and toilet paper vanish from shelves
Read full article: Port closures trigger panic buying in Houston, water and toilet paper vanish from shelvesAs prolonged port closures across the U.S. continue to disrupt supply chains, grocery store aisles in Houston are being emptied by panicked shoppers scrambling to stock up on essential goods.
Port of Houston shut down as dock workers strike for fair contract, wages
Read full article: Port of Houston shut down as dock workers strike for fair contract, wagesDozens 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.”
Owner of trucking business scrambling for options as port strike imminent in Houston
Read full article: Owner of trucking business scrambling for options as port strike imminent in HoustonWith 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.
5 things to know about looming port strikes that could impact Houston, East Coast
Read full article: 5 things to know about looming port strikes that could impact Houston, East CoastAbout 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.
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
Read full article: Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortagesDockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas have started walking picket lines 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.
Facing a possible strike at US ports, Biden administration urges operators to negotiate with unions
Read full article: Facing a possible strike at US ports, Biden administration urges operators to negotiate with unionsTop Biden administration officials met with port operators ahead of a possible strike at East and Gulf coast ports, with a union contract set to expire late Monday.
Ports seek order to force dockworkers to bargaining table as strike looms at East and Gulf ports
Read full article: Ports seek order to force dockworkers to bargaining table as strike looms at East and Gulf portsWith a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen’s union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract.
Strike looming at Port Houston, 35 other ports that could have lasting impacts U.S. economy
Read full article: Strike looming at Port Houston, 35 other ports that could have lasting impacts U.S. economyA strike that is potentially just weeks away has the potential to have a weeks if not months-long impact on the U.S. economy.