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New York City school bus drivers prepare to strike
Amy Scott Jan 15, 2013
If drivers walk off the job, more than 150,000 students could be looking for a ride to school.
What today's longshoremen do
Eve Troeh Dec 28, 2012
A strike by East Coast dockworkers has been put off at least 30 days. These union members are often highly skilled, and they're critical to vital bottlenecks of global trade: ports.
The East Coast port strike could impact retailers
Jeff Horwich Dec 28, 2012
We head into the weekend facing not one, but two possible shocks to the economy. There's the fiscal cliff, of course. And then there's the ports. Unionized longshoremen at 14 ports from Maine to Houston threaten to strike at midnight on Saturday, over a pay dispute.
East Coast port strike looms
Dan Gorenstein Dec 28, 2012
The stuff we all buy – shoes, clothes, tools and nails – could all be harder to come by starting soon. Longshoremen on the East Coast and shipping companies and port operators have until midnight Sunday to work out a new contract.
Drought lowers Mississippi, holding up barge traffic
Eve Troeh Dec 28, 2012
One stretch of the river is closed during the day so Army Corps of Engineers can blast away rock just below the low water.
Strike could shut down East Coast ports
Stacey Vanek Smith Dec 21, 2012
A tense contract negotiation could end in a strike for East Coast longshoremen.
Overnight delivery loses appeal, hurting FedEx
David Weinberg Dec 19, 2012
As companies and customers cut shipping costs by using slower, cheaper rail and truck, FedEx's expensive air-cargo fleet suffers.
The math behind tracking holiday packages
Audrey Quinn Dec 18, 2012
So how do all those packages really get from point A to point B anyway?
Global warming good news for Russian shipping
Stephen Beard Dec 7, 2012
Melting ice means a Russian gas company can now send tankers to Japan through the Arctic Ocean, instead of the Suez Canal.
Port of L.A. strike comes to a close
Wendy Lee Dec 5, 2012
A deal has been reached to end an eight day strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which handle almost half of all the
cargo that arrives by sea in this country.
