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The timing of a potential strike could force lawmakers to block or delay railroad strikes.

The timing of a potential strike could force lawmakers to block or delay railroad strikes.

By Victoria Cavaliere (Bloomberg) Freight railroads and labor unions are working through the weekend to hammer out a new contract to avoid a strike that could snarl supply chains, disrupt...

By Tarso Veloso and Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) US farmers facing supply-chain bottlenecks and a surging dollar are losing their competitive edge in the global market for soybeans to their biggest rival:...

Truckers protesting a state labor law, California Assembly Bill 5, have effectively shut down cargo operations at the Port of Oakland

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Truckers protesting a state labor law have effectively shut down cargo operations at the Port of Oakland, it was announced

Operations were halted at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday as hundreds of independent big-rig truckers picketed gates and blocked other drivers from hauling cargo in and out of terminals at the port.

Truckers protesting a state labor law have effectively shut down cargo operations at the Port of Oakland, one of then ten-busiest container ports in the country.

Truckers protesting a state labour law have effectively shut down cargo operations at the Port of Oakland, it was announced Wednesday.

The drivers are protesting a 2019 California labor law that requires them to be classified as employees rather than independent workers.