Higher prices, rotten fruit and more: How the Longshoreman strike could impact consumers ...Middle East

A major dockworkers strike is underway in ports across the country as thousands walked off the job just after midnight Tuesday, shutting down dozens of ports along the East and Gulf Coasts in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause supply shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks. As of midnight, 36 ports form Maine to Texas were shut down after the contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired. Those ports handle about half of the goods shipped into and out of the U.S. Workers began picketing at the Port of Philadelphia shortly after midnight, walking in a circle at a ra

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