Leibowitz: Thorny issues remain as ILA-USMX talks kicked into 2025
But the issues that gave rise to the strike remain.
Tag: Strike
Week in Review: Strike averted, job growth, September metrics and more
Recycled metals highlights as we close out the week.
Ports strike over as longshoremen reach tentative pact with employers
The move ends a strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports that began on Tuesday and that had threatened significant supply-chain disruptions.
SMU: ILA rejects 50% raise, strikes ports on East Coast, Gulf Coast
The ILA seeks higher wages and limits to automation, which the union sees as an existential threat to its members' jobs.
Week in Review: Uncertainty ahead for scrap, supply chain disruptions and more
A look at the news highlights as you close out your week.
SMU: Supply chain storm brewing as strike threatens East, Gulf Coast ports
Roughly 25,000 union dock workers at ports from Maine to Texas are preparing to strike on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
Week in Review: Steady prices, construction surge and global uncertainty
What's influencing the market and shaping industry outlooks?
VW workers in Tennessee file petition to join UAW
This marks the first non-union auto plant to file for a union election among those where workers have been attempting to organize in recent months, UAW said
UAW, Ford reach tentative pact, avert strike at Kentucky Truck Plant
UAW, Ford reach tentative pact, avert strike at Kentucky Truck Plant
Final thoughts
Everyone knows the old saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Just because it’s a cliché doesn’t mean that it’s wrong. A lot of inked has been spilled trying to figure out why prices are falling now. I thought it might be as simple as this: Market dynamics in the fourth quarter (UAW strike, companies buying ahead of an anticipated post-strike price spike, etc.) pulled forward restocking activity that typically happens in the first quarter. The post Final thoughts appeared first on Steel Market Update.