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An agreement has been made to end the dockworker strike that began earlier this week.

Striking dockworkers and the ports they are picketing could not come to an agreement Wednesday. The International Longshoremen’s Association went on strike just after midnight Tuesday after the expiration of the union’s contract with the ports. The workers are calling for higher wages and protections from automation. With uncertainty over when the strike will end and the economic impacts...

Workers are looking for higher wages and protection from automation.

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Dockworkers with the International Longshoremen’s Association began walking the picket lines early Tuesday after the ILA and U.S. Maritime Alliance failed to reach agreement on new contracts.

The National Retail Federation says for every day a port is shut down, it could take anywhere from 3 to 5 days to recover.

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Dockworkers have gone on strike and are walking the picket line in South Boston, mirroring shut downs happening at ports along the East Cost and Gulf Coast. The workers are asking for a raise and to not be replaced by automation in the strike that kicked off at midnight on Tuesday. The International Longshoremen’s Association represents 85,000 dockworkers in the…

A deadline of Oct. 1 for a new deal between port workers and ownership is approaching, and after talks broke down during the summer, tensions are high.

Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation’s cargo from ships.

The four-year deal between Boeing and its Seattle-area workers’ union comes with 25% raises over the four years of the contract.

Hotel housekeepers have for years waged a fierce battle to restore automatic daily room cleaning that was scaled back at many properties during the coronavirus pandemic.

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance received a mixture of cheers and boos while speaking at the International Association of Fire Fighters Convention on Thursday.

During Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s two-hour conversation on X, the former president complimented the Tesla CEO on firing workers who wanted to strike.

The Boston University graduate workers union voted Wednesday to go on strike Monday afternoon if they do not reach a contract agreement with the university. The union, which represents roughly 3,000 graduate student workers at BU, voted last week to authorize the strike after a longstanding battle with the university over fair pay and stronger benefits, including health care coverage…

A federal rule that goes into effect next month could make it easier for millions of workers to unionize at big companies like McDonald’s and Amazon.

Tens of thousands of hospitality workers in Las Vegas have voted to authorize a strike that could disrupt dozens of hotels and casinos.

President Joe Biden has joined picketing United Auto Workers in Michigan on the 12th day of their strike against major carmakers. It’s a demonstration of support for organized labor apparently unparalleled in presidential history.

The auto workers’ strike against Detroit’s Big Three is now in its fourth day. There were no signs Monday of an early breakthrough that might end the strike, and the United Auto Workers have threatened to escalate their walkout against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.

The United Auto Workers union has made CEO pay a central part of their argument for a big worker wage increase.

The United Auto Workers strike has exposed tensions between President Joe Biden’s goals of fighting climate change and supporting unions.

Nearly one in 10 of America’s unionized auto workers went on strike Friday at Detroit’s three automakers.