The Us Could See Shortages And Higher Retail Prices If A Dockworkers Strike Drags On

By MAE ANDERSON and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down this week when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977. Workers began walking picket lines early Tuesday near ports all along the East and Gulf coasts. A shutdown that lasts more than a few weeks has the potential to raise prices and create shortages of goods throughout the country as the holiday shopping season — along with a tight presidential election — approaches. There have been some signs of movement in the talks, with the U.S.