Port of Houston joins nationwide strike
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Longshoremen strike at Port of Houston could eventually impact what we pay at grocery store, expert says
On Monday morning, the International Longshoremen's Association said it rejected a wage package from the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). Experts said the sides aren't close on a deal. The ILA represents about 25,000 port workers along the East Coast and Gulf Coast bringing imports and exports to a screeching halt.
Dockworkers at Port of Houston, along East Coast begin historic strike as economy hangs in balance
The strike involves dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas, including the Ports of Houston, Galveston and Corpus Christi.
What a possible strike at the port could mean for Houston
More than $100 million a day of both imports and exports could be jeopardized if workers at the Port of Houston go on strike when their contract expires in six days.
Historic strike shuts down Port of Houston
Hundreds of Union workers on strike came out to the Port of Houston to demand fair wages and protections against automation.Many were carrying signs that read “NO WORK WITHOUT A FAIR CONTRACT “ AND ILA WORKERS OVER MACHINES;
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,
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National port strike ends after tentative wage agreement
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