Which products could face shortages, price hikes? [Video]

NEW JERSEY – Thirty-six U.S. ports, including ones in New York/New Jersey, shut down on Tuesday when the union representing around 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977.

ILA STRIKE UPDATE: ISSUES l IMPACTS l HOLIDAY SHOPPING

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Workers began walking picket lines early Tuesday, picketing near ports all along the East Coast.

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 approaches.

East Coast port strike 2024: What are the issues?

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. Those ports handle roughly half of the nations’ cargo from ships.

The contract between …