Shipping Port Strike Possibly Coming

Hope they can reach an agreement. The last thing we need is for prices to increase again!

I looked up what could be sitting and it seems mainly electronics, some cars, little food (alcohol, sugar, cocoa, cherries), copper, cotton, tin, wood, and base metals.

I also read that retailers are already over buying due to holidays and have about 70% stock. They have also prepared for this as well.

Biggest concern would be increase in prices.

We do export a lot of eggs and poultry in those ports so wonder how that will effect our prices.

Biden has also said he doesn't want to get involved and or use the Taft Hartley Act. He believes in bargaining with Unions.

We will see what he says or does it is goes over a week or 2.

I hope the strike doesn’t last long if there is one too.
The company I work for exports a lot of lumber. This will affect all our shipments to Europe. The shipments going to China will be ok though because they go out through the ports on the west coast.

Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports, according to the Associated Press, choking off the flow of many of the nation’s imports and exports in what could become America’s most disruptive work stoppage in decades.

The AP reported that dockworkers began walking picket lines shortly after the contract expired at midnight, indicating that there was no apparent deal. There appears to be a wide gap between the union’s demands and the offer of the United States Maritime Alliance, which uses the acronym USMX. The maritime alliance represents the major shipping lines, all of which are foreign owned; as well as terminal operators and port authorities.

Dole bananas at a grocery store. America's most popular fruit could be in shorter supply if longshore workers at East and Gulf coast ports go on strike early Tuesday.
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Expect shortages of bananas, booze, chocolate and cherries if there’s a long port strike

The strike will stop the flow of a wide variety of goods over the docks of almost all cargo ports from Maine to Texas. This includes everything from bananas to European beer, wine and liquor, along with furniture, clothing, household goods and European autos, as well as parts needed to keep US factories operating and American workers in those plants on the job. It could also stop US exports now flowing through those ports, hurting sales for American companies.

Depending on the length of the strike, it could result in shortages of consumer and industrial goods, which could then lead to price hikes. It could also mark a setback to the economy, which has shown signs of recovery from pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions that resulted in a spike in inflation.

My neighbors already bought out all the TP and tissues from Costco.

I'm thinking about things like diapers and formula and medical supplies... guessing they would be affected too?

It's always someone we'll know who to blame.

But you've made me think, maybe i should pick up a package when I'm at the store today.

This is 100% political.  Hello "October Surprise".

I get conflicting info on this. I see some say he supports Biden as he is pro union and they recently talked about this.