Toilet paper buying panic recommences as dockworkers strike
We are doing what we do best when something threatens the consumer supply chain: rushing to buy mountains of toilet paper. Experts say the dockworkers' strike won't result in shortages,…
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 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 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.
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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