Then, there is the fashion rule about not wearing white after Labor Day to contend with. And, of course, if you are one of the people who has to work on Labor Day, there's not much to celebrate.

Port employers accused the ILA union of unfair labor practices and filed to force the union to return to negotiations. (Sam Wolfe/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images) ...

Their previous labor deal expired on July 1, 2022. Negotiations for a new agreement began in May, when both sides said they wouldn’t discuss the negotiations with the media.

Days ahead of a possible strike by longshoremen on the East and Gulf Coasts, port employers said on Thursday that they were asking a federal labor regulator to force the dockworkers’ union to ...