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The strike — which has shut down 14 ports along the East and Gulf coasts on Tuesday, Oct. 1 — comes after labor talks between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the ...
A port strike will impact vehicle imports, auto parts, machinery, fabricated steel, precision instruments, computers, electronic parts and alcohol - 80% of imported beer, wine, whiskey and scotch ...
Food Emporium of Marlboro has been affected by the International Longshoremen’s Association strike. And they have seen shoppers begin to hoard even domestic products like paper goods ...
The Anderson Economic Group estimated that the U.S. economy would lose $2.1 billion from a one-week strike, $1.5 billion due to the loss in value or degradation of items such as perishable goods, $400 million for transportation company losses, and $200 million in lost wages for the striking port workers.
A port strike would impact vehicle imports, auto parts, machinery, fabricated steel and precision instruments. The Port of Baltimore, Maryland leads the nation in car shipments.
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.
The ports handle about half the ocean imports in the U.S. Varying estimates say the strike encompasses 25,000 to 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association. All told, the ILA ...
Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports, choking off the flow of many of America’s ...