Thursday's strike by roughly 1,200 union members follows a three-day strike from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 at two of the port’s ...

The longshoremen’s union on the West Coast accepted fully automated machinery in a 2008 contract, and hasn’t been devastated.

Remember the pictures of all the containerships idling off the coasts in the wake of COVID? We nearly had a repeat ...

Workers thought their scheduled pay increases would make them wealthier, but instead their standard of living has fallen.

Over my dead body.” Tens of thousands of dockworkers last week returned to their jobs on East Coast ports after a three-day ...

As hurricanes pound the East and Gulf Coasts and labor strikes disrupt key ports, the economic aftershocks could soon reach ...

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in August as exports increased to a record high, suggesting trade could have little ...

After dockworkers at ports in New Jersey and other eastern seaboard states went on strike last week, it became apparent that ...

Robotics and artificial intelligence will likely eliminate millions of jobs. Isn’t that something the nation should be ...

While the Federal Reserve has declared their fight to lower inflation is over, recent data suggests that may not be the case.

An uptick in exports and a fall in imports brought the August US trade deficit to its narrowest in five months, according to ...

The declaration, effective through Oct. 27, is for relief haulers responding in seven affected states. Also: More news from ...