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The first East Coast port strike since 1977 shut down 36 ports from Maine to Texas on Tuesday. If dockworkers and port companies don’t strike a labor deal quickly, supply chain experts say ...
Massive port strike begins across America’s East Coast, threatening shortages and rising prices Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN October 1, 2024 at 4:25 PM
A Looming Crisis. East Coast ports could shut down if roughly 45,000 dockworkers go through with plans for a strike, delaying the delivery of goods to retailers and potentially resulting in higher ...
What products will be affected by the port strike More than 75% of U.S. bananas arrive at ports handled by the International Longshoremen's Association, or ILA, according to the farm bureau.
The port strike could impact anything from larger European auto parts used in South Carolina’s BMW or Volvo plants to French or Italian wines, German beer or cheeses. Large appliances like ...
Virtually all bananas eaten in the United States are imported, and 1.2 million metric tons of bananas flow through the ILA-represented ports, with Port Wilmington in Delaware declaring itself ...
The ports affected by the strike handle 3.8 million metric tons of bananas each year, or 75% of the nation’s supply, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
But the International Longshoremen’s Association — representing about 25,000 port workers on the East and Gulf coasts — went on strike when a contract expired at midnight Sept. 30.