President Biden called for striking port workers to get an increase in wages, hours after tens of thousands of longshoremen at ports along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico walked off the job. The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) failed to reach an agreement by the midnight deadline, […]
Both of Canada’s major freight railroads have come to a full stop because of a contract dispute with their workers, an impasse that could bring significant economic harm to businesses and consumers in Canada and the U.S. if the trains don’t resume running soon. Canadian National and CPKC railroads both locked out their employees after […]
Democrats are working to keep a critical voting bloc in their camp come November, and they are increasingly relying on union leaders for help. Former President Donald Trump is hoping to build on gains he made with rank-and-file members of organized labor through his protectionist policies and attempts to paint the Democrats as out-of-touch elites. […]
The auto workers’ strike against Detroit’s Big Three entered its fourth day with no signs of an early breakthrough and amid a threat by the United Auto Workers that the labor action could soon escalate. A spokesman for General Motors said that representatives of the company and the labor group were continuing to negotiate. But […]
More than 650,000 American workers are threatening to go on strike this summer — or have already done so — in an avalanche of union activity not seen in the US in decades. The combined actors and writers strikes in Hollywood are already a once-in-a-generation event. Unions for United Parcel Service Inc. and Detroit’s Big […]
The House on Wednesday will vote on legislation to avert a rail shutdown following a grave warning from President Joe Biden about the economic danger posed by congressional inaction. Democratic leadership has been whipping votes on the legislation, sources familiar with the effort told CNN, which will be split into two votes: One that would […]
It’s back to the drawing board for tens of thousands of rail workers. SMART Transportation Division, the largest freight rail union representing 28,000 conductors and other trainmen, has rejected the tentative agreement brokered by the Biden administration in September. The vote was extremely narrow — 50.87% voted against the deal. Another large rail union — […]
Remember earlier this fall when the country came within hours of a nationwide rail strike? We could soon see a repeat of that scenario. The nation’s freight rail companies and some of their workers have yet to settle on a new contract after three years of negotiations. You could be forgiven for thinking — Wait, […]
A national railroad strike that was due to take place on Friday has been averted, as the Biden administration has reached a tentative agreement with railroad unions and freight rail companies. President Joe Biden announced the deal early on Thursday after he personally intervened on Wednesday evening to bring both sides—freight rail companies and unions […]
