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How long will it take the supply chain to normalize after dockworkers strike?

Former Toys R Us CEO Gerald Storch joins Kabuto: Coast to Coast to discuss the 90-day interim agreement for longshoremen. Longshoremen who formed a union The government on Thursday night suspended strikes at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports until mid-January, but it will take time for affected ports to return to normal operations due […]

JESSE WATTERS: Biden wanted ‘full credit’ for the port strike suspension

Jesse Watters highlighted how President Biden first appeared in the White House briefing room just as Vice President Kamala Harris was about to speak about stopping the Michigan port strike. Biden says he and Kamala Harris are trying to distance themselves from each other, saying they're 'singing the same song' Jesse Waters: It was my […]

Strong jobs report, port strike deal bolster Harris

Much better-than-expected jobs numbers, released just hours after the longshore workers' strike was abruptly called off, are providing momentum and relief to Vice President Harris' campaign. The port strike threatens to cripple the economy and is the most politically threatening of the three recent challenges facing Harris and the White House. The White House has […]

How did 50K dockworkers strike at US ports with only 25K jobs?

This week, nearly 50,000 longshoremen went on strike at ports from Maine to Texas. But in a strange quirk resulting from decades of huge concessions to unions, only 25,000 jobs at the ports are affected. There is a huge gap between the number of people showing up to work and the total membership of the […]

Longshoremen Pause Strike Until Jan. 15, Throw Kamala Harris a Lifeline

A longshoremen's strike that could have severely damaged the U.S. economy and supply chains weeks before the election has been suspended until January 15, in what could be a political disaster for Vice President Kamala Harris. A potentially dangerous situation was avoided. “The union representing tens of thousands of East Coast longshoremen and the shipping […]

‘Panic Buying’ Ensues as 45,000 U.S. Port Workers Go on Strike

Shoppers are “panic buying” items such as toilet paper after 45,000 East Coast longshoremen went on strike on Tuesday. Shayna Tarfsky, a Fort Worth, Texas, woman, went to the store to buy meat, rice, beans, bananas and toilet paper when her co-workers warned her about shortages and rising prices. USA Today reported on wednesday. “We […]