The International Longshoremen's Association is demanding significantly higher wages and a total ban on the automation of cranes, gates and container-moving trucks that are used in the loading or unloading of freight at 36 U.S. ports.
A lengthy shutdown could raise prices on goods around the country and potentially cause shortages and price increases at big and small retailers alike as the holiday shopping season - along with a tight presidential election - approaches.
What are the issues in the dockworkers strike? The International Longshoremen's Association is seeking to negotiate better terms that include significant wage increases and restrictions on the automation that could take jobs away.
We can expect delays to market. Those delays depend on really what the commodities are and priorities at the ports and how quickly things move, according to Mark Baxa, president of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
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