Longshoremen’s strike poses a fresh threat to the US economy - MSN

East and Gulf Coast dockworkers are set to go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, shutting down 36 ports from Maine to Texas that handle about one-half of US ocean imports, and so threatening to ... Read More

US retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike

With a dockworkers’ strike threatening to close ports on the East and Gulf coasts beginning this week, Chris Butler is growing worried. Butler is CEO of the National Tree Company, and, like m… ... Read More

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Longshoremen’s strike poses a fresh threat to the US economy

An East coast port strike could cost the US economy more than $1 billion for each day it continues. REUTERS East and Gulf Coast dockworkers are set to go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, shutting ... Read More

US retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike ...

Other businesses face the same predicament, with goods that could be stranded at sea if 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association make good on their threat to strike. Read More

US retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen's strike

If roughly 45,000 U.S. longshoremen make good on their threat to strike beginning Tuesday, they could shut down 36 ports from Maine to Texas that handle about half the goods shipped into and out ... Read More

US retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike

If roughly 45,000 U.S. longshoremen make good on their threat to strike beginning Tuesday, they could shut down 36 ports from Maine to Texas that handle about half the goods shipped into and out ... Read More

US retailers brace for pain from a longshoremen’s strike

Other businesses face the same predicament, with goods that could be stranded at sea if 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association make good on their threat to strike. Read More