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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 ...
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 strike, which began at midnight, will stop the flow of a wide variety of goods over the docks of almost all cargo ports from Maine to Texas. This includes bananas, European beer, wine and ...
Port strike squeezes banana supplies, but most grocery shelves should be well stocked for weeks. Rob Wile and Alexandra Byrne. October 3, 2024 at 3:44 PM.
The Port of Wilmington in Delaware is the leading port for Dole Fresh Fruit Co. and Chiquita Fresh North America, getting about two-thirds of all banana imports in the U.S.
The Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO released a public statement prior to the strike in support of the organization and its aims, and accused the port employers of knowingly delaying contract negotiations to the last moment despite knowing the damage it would cause to American consumers and the U.S. economy, and using it to ...
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.
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 ...