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.
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.
For a city as diverse as Houston, Phoenicia is the place where customers can find goods that remind them of home.
On Monday morning, the International Longshoremen's Association said it rejected a wage package from the United States ...
On Oct. 3, the Port of Houston strike was suspended after the union representing striking dock workers reached a tentative ...
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 ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback