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Why Boeing is trying to sell off assets
Boeing is exploring asset sales in a bid to boost its fragile finances by shedding its non-core or underperforming units, the…
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Boeing to send layoff notices to thousands of workers: report
Boeing will send layoff notices to thousands of its employees within the coming weeks and a senior US official has…
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NYC Costco shoppers empty shelves in panic over port strike
The dockworkers strike that has shut down dozens of ports on the East and Gulf Coasts has reportedly triggered panic…
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How did 50K dockworkers strike at US ports with only 25K jobs?
Nearly 50,000 dockworkers launched a strike this week at ports from Maine to Texas — but, in a bizarre quirk…
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Container ships back up at US ports amid dockworkers strike
At least 45 container vessels were anchored outside US ports on Thursday as a massive strike by dockworkers stretching from…
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Who is Harold Daggett, the port union boss with alleged Mafia ties?
Fiery union boss Harold Daggett has long cast himself as a staunch advocate for blue-collar workers, even as he has…
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Dockworkers strike may cause food inflation, Christmas holiday shortages for US consumers
A dockworkers strike that has idled more than a dozen of the largest ports across the Eastern US threatens to…
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Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation…
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Longshoremen union’s demand for total ban on automation questioned as port strike looms: ‘From Maine to Texas’
As thousands of dockworkers are preparing to strike should a deal not be reached by the end of Monday, one business…
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Workers at PBS station WNET Thirteen demand halt to ‘union-busting’
The union for writers and producers at New York City’s flagship PBS member station is demanding that WNET Thirteen cease…
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