Automation was at the center of a long-running labor dispute that threatened to close East and Gulf Coast ports.

A new six-year contract sets a 62% pay increase along with tougher standards for adding robotics to the docks.

The United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen's Association reached a deal on a contract Wednesday ...

The head of the dockworkers union praised President-elect Trump for his support amid contract negotiations with port ...

The US Maritime Alliance struck a six-year deal with shipping and port companies, averting a strike that would have crippled ...

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up again this week, remaining at its highest level since July.

President Biden's endorsement of the agreement underscores the essential contributions of the dockworkers' union, whose ...

Vowing to stop machines from taking their jobs, 45,000 U.S. longshoremen are threatening to go on a strike that would shut ...

Dockworkers and longshoremen struck a tentative deal Wednesday night to avoid a damaging strike ahead of a looming January ...

A strike at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports was averted Jan. 8 as dockworkers and employers reached a tentative labor agreement just days before the Jan. 15 deadline, The New York Times reported Jan. 8 ...

An agreement on automation and job preservation was crucial to the six-year agreement between the union and management at major East and Gulf Coast ports.

FILE PHOTO: Idle cranes are pictured at Port Newark Container Terminal as U.S. East Coast and Gulf ports resumed operations ...