US dock workers return to ports after three-day strike
The staggered reopening covers US ports from Maine to Texas following Oct 3 night’s preliminary agreement between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). Workers had walked out on the morning of Oct 1 with the expiration of their contract.
How much the dock workers’ strike stings turns on how long it goes, experts say
A port strike lasting more than a week would likely drive up the cost of fruit and vegetables at the supermarket, said Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial Services, but it would take a walkout of three or four weeks for consumers to see price increases for such things as furniture, clothing and other nonperishables.
The strike began this week across 14 U.S. ports and threatened to disrupt billions of dollars worth of supply chain goods.
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