Port strike grinds coffee shipments to a halt at East and Gulf Coast ports
John DeCicco Jr., CEO of DeCicco & Sons, details the impact of the longshoremen's strike on his company as it prepares for fruit shortages. The strike currently in progress is Unionized longshoremen The unloading of imported coffee has been suspended at Eastern and Gulf ports, tightening supplies for coffee drinkers in the United States, the […]
Container ships back up at US ports amid dockworkers strike
At least 45 container ships anchored outside U.S. ports Thursday as a major strike by longshoremen stretching from Maine to Texas entered its third day. By late Wednesday, container ships were forming long lines along East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, unable to unload cargo as longshoremen picketed and struck, according to Everstream Analytics. Last […]
US port strike: GM, Walmart, LG top importers at impacted ports
John Cassimitidis, chairman and CEO of United Refining Company and Red Apple Group, discusses Mr. Biden's non-intervention in the port strike and how it fuels inflation. , explain what will increase the price of food and oil. An ongoing longshore union strike has shut down several ports on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast […]
Coffee containers pile up at US ports as dockworkers strike
The unloading of hundreds of containers of imported coffee beans at East Coast ports has been halted due to a strike by dockers, exacerbating the supply crunch in the biggest coffee-drinking nation. Delays in the delivery of imported coffee to U.S. roasters and coffee chains have pushed up bean prices, which hit multi-year highs last […]
Union boss Harold Daggett rages against E-ZPass for costing union jobs in video weeks before strike shut down ports
Harold Daggett, the union boss who shut down 14 U.S. shipping ports, went on a rant about technology weeks before longshoremen went on strike on Tuesday, even targeting E-ZPass. According to a report, the president of the International Longshoremen's Association blames the loss of toll booth workers as the move to EZ Pass allows drivers […]
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
Longshoremen from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation. If the strike continues for more than a few weeks, inflation could reignite and shortages could arise. The contract between the port and some 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association expired at midnight, and workers went […]
Dockworkers go on strike at East and Gulf Coast ports
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross responded to shippers making counteroffers to the ILA on Craman Countdown. Longshoremen who formed a union Strikes were held early Tuesday at 36 ports on the Eastern and Gulf Coasts as negotiations over new contracts with groups representing port employers stalled. The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), which represents […]
Port strike: Can West Coast ports absorb East and Gulf Coast import volumes?
Gene Seroka, Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles, discusses the key issue of the impending Kabuto Port Strike: Coast to Coast. potential strike Unionized longshoremen It could begin Tuesday at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, raising questions about whether West Coast ports are viable alternative destinations for offloading cargo. The International Longshoremen's […]
Major East Coast ports expected to see disruptions due to strike
Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, discusses important issues surrounding the impending port strike on Kabuto: Coast to Coast. Thirty ports along the East Coast and Gulf Coast face the possibility of work stoppages as new contracts between port employers and longshoremen expire. Tens of thousands of longshoremen could walk off […]
US economy set to lose billions of dollars a day as strike threatens major ports on East, Gulf coasts
Nearly half of the nation's busiest ports are under threat of a potentially devastating strike after longshore workers and management fail to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement, leaving the U.S. economy in jeopardy. is poised to lose billions of dollars a day starting Tuesday. The International Longshoremen's Association, which represents about 85,000 longshoremen […]