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.

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 ...

The strike, the ILA's first major stoppage since 1977, affects 36 ports - including New York, Baltimore and Houston - that handle a range of containerized goods ranging from bananas to clothing to ...

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, ...

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.

A White House official said Monday that, at President Biden’s direction, the administration has been in regular communication with the ILA and the alliance to keep the negotiations moving forward.

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 ...

Harold Daggett's Net Worth. Exactly how much Daggett is worth is not known. However, according to a report by Politico, he was paid a $728,000 salary by the ILA in 2023, as well as $173,000 from ...

As thousands of dockworkers are preparing to strike should a deal not be ... while ILA longshore wages remained flat,” the ILA said Sunday. A White House official on Friday confirmed to Fox ...

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, ...

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 ...