Ilitch School in the Media: December 14 to December 21

Trump backs dockworkers as costly strike looms before inauguration—with Marick Masters 

President-elect Trump has thrown his weight behind dockworkers’ demands for automation protections, as he braces for a strike that could significantly disrupt the economy just days before he is set to take office.  

Negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) broke down in mid-November, a little more than a month after the union suspended a three-day strike at dozens of ports along the East and Gulf coasts. 

Teamsters members picket outside Amazon facility to show solidarity with striking workers—with Marick Masters 

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Amazon workers in New York, Georgia, California and Illinois are on strike as of Thursday morning. 

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters says they are representing the workers who are on strike. 

“It’s a brotherhood, it’s a sisterhood. You go through it, I go through it,” said Martize Howard, who’s with Teamsters Truck Drivers Local Union 299.