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Port Strike Averted

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 10, 2025

Good news for the economy and for the longshoremen: Dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts reached a tentative labor agreement with employers on Wednesday, averting a strike that could have hammered the economy days before President-elect Donald J. Trump took office. The International Longshoremen’s...

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Dockworkers Readying for Strike

By Erik Loomis

On January 2, 2025

A couple of months ago, the Biden administration worked out a temporary deal between the International Longshoremen's Association and the east coast shippers to avoid a strike. But one issue.

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Longshoremen Strike

By Erik Loomis

On October 1, 2024

Unless anything changes between writing this post last night and this going up this morning, the International Longshoremen’s Association will be going on strike, closing all the ports on the.

This Day in Labor History: October 1, 1945

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 1, 2022

On October 1, 1945, members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) in New York started a wildcat strike against the corrupt and conservative leadership of their union, as well as the terrible working conditions they faced. The wildcat strike would fail, showing the limits of...