📋 What the East Coast, Gulf Coast Port Strike Means for You (AARP Article)

[Winter2024]

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From delays to higher prices, here’s what could happen in a prolonged strike.

By Donna Fuscaldo, AARP. Published October 01, 2024.

Tens of thousands of dockworkers from Maine to Texas went on strike Tuesday, halting deliveries of everything from bananas to sneakers in major ports along the East and Gulf coasts.

The walkout, the first for the roughly 45,000-strong International Longshoremen’s Association since 1977, won’t impact consumers at the onset given many businesses, retailers and logistic companies have been preparing for a looming strike by importing products earlier and shifting deliveries to the West Coast.

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