Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages

Updated at 4:10 p.m.

Associated Press

10/01/2024

Port Strike — HUNDREDS OF longshoremen strike together outside of the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., on Tuesday. COURTESY BILLY SCHUERMAN/THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT VIA AP

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks. The contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired

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