ILA president Harold Daggett warned Tuesday that the union was “prepared to fight as long as necessary, to stay out on strike for whatever period of time it takes, to get the wages and protections against automation our ILA members deserve.

The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation.

Thousands of longshoremen across the biggest ports on the East and Gulf Coast have walked off their jobs in a bid for a 77 percent pay raise.  Here's how it will affect you.

The work stoppage threatens to significantly snarl the nation’s supply chain, potentially leading to higher prices and delays for households and businesses if it drags on for weeks. The union representing U.