EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — It’s been two days since the start of a historic port worker strike. Tens of thousands of employees are on pause, as they fight for their requested conditions.

An ILA strike “will give voters, particularly union voters, yet another reason to want a historically successful dealmaker back in the White House,” said Jonathan Berry, a former top Labor ...

STORY: The White House put pressure on U.S. port employers Wednesday (October 2) to secure a labor deal with striking dockworkers.A strike by the International Longshoreman's Association - or ILA ...

We are pleased to hear that the White House has been active behind the scenes and that President Joe Biden supports the longshoremen. Dockworkers typically earn a base salary of $81,000 annually.

White House officials met Friday with port operators and urged them to negotiate with the longshoremen’s union. ... For every day the ILA is on strike, ...

The NRF sent another letter to President Biden, calling on the White House to work with the ILA and USMX to get a new deal done. It is fair to say, especially at this point, that timing is everything, ...

Why East Coast dockworkers are threatening to go on strike 04:03. White House officials on Thursday called for dockworkers and port operators to return to the bargaining table as time runs short ...

As thousands of dockworkers are preparing to strike should a deal not be reached by the end of Monday, one business leader is questioning the union’s demand for a total ban on automation ...

The White House has said that Biden will not use his executive powers to halt any ILA strike. “My advice is to stay out of it,” said Marty Walsh, the former Boston mayor and Labor Secretary ...

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden's administration heaped pressure on U.S. port employers to raise their offer to secure a labor deal with dockworkers, whose strike entered a second day on ...

He directed his team to monitor for potential price gouging activity that benefits foreign ocean carriers, the White House said. The ILA, which represents 45,000 port workers, launched its strike ...