Toilet paper buying panic recommences as dockworkers strike
The supply isn't threatened, meaning that buying it will only result in more of it accumulating in American homes.
Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize the impact
NEW YORK (AP) — The massive port workers’ strike that has crippled all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. is highlighting a fear held by many workers: Eventually, we will all be replaced by machines.
Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize the impact
The massive port workers’ strike is highlighting a fear held by many workers that they will be replaced by machines.
Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize impact
It’s unclear whether they’ll be able to stave off trend that has seeped into virtually every workspace
Fears of automation are at the heart of the dockworkers strike
Automation is a core issue at play in the ongoing dockworker strike at Eastern US ports.The employers' association says it is willing to renew the
Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against U.S. ports
With 45,000 longshoremen at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas on strike for the first time in decades, experts say the workers may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation
The president could invoke a 1947 law to try to suspend the dockworkers’ strike. Here’s how
Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke a 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike by 45,000 dockworkers that has shut down 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas.
Hurricane Helene could give 45,000 striking dockworkers a major advantage
Around 45,000 dockworkers are on strike, shutting down East and Gulf Coast ports.The damage wreaked on the supply chain by Hurricane Helene may give
People are panic-buying toilet paper because of the port strike. There is no need for that
Toilet paper shortages in stores across America are giving folks nightmarish reminders of the pandemic era. But the lack of toilet paper has nothing to do with a major port strike.
Amarillo, Stop With the Panic Buying of Toilet Paper Again
This seems like Amarillo, and maybe the rest of the world has time warped back to 2020. All of the talk on social media, again, is trying to find toilet paper. What in the world is going on? Why has this become a thing again four years later?
‘It's a madhouse': Panic buying over port strike is ‘silly,' expert says
Experts call it completely unnecessary, yet some are apparently unable to resist the urge to panic-buy right now.
Las Vegans are panic buying toilet paper. Here’s why they shouldn’t
Las Vegas locals might get deja vu walking into warehouse retailers as people stock up on toilet paper due to port strikes, but panic buying might make it worse.
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