From autoworkers to Hollywood workers to academic workers and health care professionals, unions have been increasingly using the strike as a tool to make major gains at the bargaining table during a period of increased cost of living and record income inequality,
The short and effective strike by port workers is in line with what we've been seeing in other industries in the past few years,
I do think that the White House has made a difference,
It's an industry where profits — company profits — have been soaring with the expansion of trade,
I do think that there was a growing restiveness that had been building for a time among workers, and we've seen over the past couple of years how that's been bubbling to the surface,
It really changed workers’ expectations of what they felt like they deserved,
We have to talk about early retirement [with terminal operators] because workers can’t work until 67 doing the most labor-intensive jobs,
Workers are challenging automation because they know the negative effects that disappearing jobs have on our families and communities,
We've had this in our contracts for many years,
Nobody can be sacked because of automation,
We're not opposed to bringing in technology that makes us more efficient,
The decision to end the current strike and allow the East and Gulf coast ports to reopen is good news for the nation’s economy,
Shipping stocks had previously rallied on expectations of price increases triggered by the strike by U.S. dock workers and the tense situation in the Middle East,
Investors who hoped for a short-term rebound in freight charges, which are in a downward trend, are selling as the strike ended,
I want to thank the union workers, the carriers, and the port operators for acting patriotically to reopen our ports and ensure the availability of critical supplies for Hurricane Helene recovery and rebuilding,
He should have worked out a deal."
They've got the next 90 days, they are going to settle everything."
The I.L.A. seized the moment,
J.P. Morgan estimated that a strike that shuts down East and Gulf coast ports could cost the economy [US] $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion per day, with some of that recovered over time after normal operations resume.”
But we still have to see what arrives by road or train,