October 10, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
LOS ANGELES — West Coast dockworkers returned to their jobs under court order Wednesday and were greeted with a huge backlog of cargo that built up over 10 days of a labor lockout, the Associated Press reports. “It’s been very hard. We’re just...
October 10, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
SAN FRANCISCO — Untangling the West Coast’s snarled ports inevitably will lead to another gnarly mess — sorting out who will pay for all the economic chaos caused by the 10-day shutdown, reported the Associated Press. The answers most likely will be...
October 10, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
SAN FRANCISCO — ILWU members will return to work today after a federal judge ordered the PMA to open the ports and let the workers back in to their jobs. But the union is angry that the Bush administration gave PMA the gift it blackmailed businesses, farmers and...
October 9, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C.– In an obvious display of disregard for striking workers, Senate candidate Elizabeth Dole crossed an active picket line on October 3 at a Washington, D.C. restaurant, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters reported on their website. The...
October 9, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This is the first time in the history of the United States that a President has let an employer lock out workers in an extended quest to undermine the workers’ union — creating a phony crisis — and then reward that...
October 9, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Bush intervened in the 11-day shutdown of 29 West Coast ports on October 8, successfully seeking a court order to halt the employers’ lockout of 10,500 longshoremen, because the operation of the ports is “vital to our...
October 9, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
NEW YORK — Workers at 29 West Coast ports could be back on the job as early as today after President Bush (news – web sites) stepped in and a federal court ordered an end to a crippling lockout by port operators, reported USA Today. Even so, it could be 10...
October 9, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
FORT WORTH, Texas — Although the West Coast longshoremen’s lockout hasn’t yet been felt on store shelves by consumers, railroads, truckers and others in the transportation business are beginning to see its impact, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram...
October 9, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
LOS ANGELES — Saying the nation’s economy and security were at risk, President Bush today secured a court order to temporarily reopen West Coast ports and force dockworkers and their employers to continue negotiations, the Washington Post reported....
October 9, 2002 | AFL-CIO, Headlines
SAN FRANCISCO — West Coast docks will reopen today, ending at least temporarily a devastating port lockout that cost the U.S. economy at least $19 billion over 12 days, the Oakland Tribune reported. For the first time in more than 20 years, the 55-year-old...
