Canada Labor Minister forces unions back to ports after work stoppages

A Canadian Pacific Railway Co. locomotive pulls a train at the Port of Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images…

Strikes shut operations at Canada’s largest ports, US trade in limbo

Key ports on Canada’s West Coast, including its largest container port in Vancouver and the Port of Prince Rupert, were shut down by a labor strike on Monday. The International…

Dollar rebounds after weak jobs data; traders eye US election

Strikes, hurricanes impact labor market data Traders firm bets on Fed interest-rate cuts Sterling set to snap 5-week losing streak By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Laura Matthews NEW YORK, –…

CITU-backed Samsung India Workers’ Union to call off strike, says Tamil Nadu govt

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) backed Samsung India Workers’ Union (SIWU) is set to officially call off its strike at Samsung’s Sriperumbudur plant following extensive conciliation talks facilitated…

Israel-Hezbollah war: Israeli strikes on Beirut resume, US warns of arms supply cut & more | 10 Points

Israel-Hezbollah War: Israeli jets struck the southern suburbs of Beirut early Wednesday for the first time in six days, Lebanese state media reported. The casualty count was not yet clear.…

Why ports strike could be no-win situation for Biden administration

Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden and his administration are sticking to their position of not invoking the Taft-Hartley Act to force International Longshoremen’s…

Blockbuster weight-loss drug supply hit in trade shutdown

An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen, March 28, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images As a port strike stretching from New England to Texas halted close to…

Port strike could reignite inflation, with larger economic impact dependent on how long it lasts

Port of Miami dockworkers strike near the port entrance and demand a new labor contract, on October 1, 2024 in Miami, Florida.  Giorgio Viera | Afp | Getty Images A…

East Coast ports strike, ILA union work stop strands billions in trade

 Shipping containers sit stacked in the Port of Newark on September 30, 2024 seen from New York City. A massive strike shutting down ports across the East and Gulf coasts…

Truckers, rails scrambling before ILA union shutdown

Shipping containers stacked at a storage yard outside of the APM Terminals yard at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama, US, on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Micah Green |…