In a worst-case scenario, those costs, multiplied across industries, could fuel inflation and pressure the U.S. economy.

Retailers are bracing for potential pain should thousands of dock workers along the East Coast begin striking this week. Here ...

Goods that could be stranded at sea if 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association make good on their threat to strike.

If longshore workers at East and Gulf Coast ports go on strike Tuesday, as now appears likely, it could choke off the ...

A port strike on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico will go ahead starting on Tuesday, the International Longshoremen’s ...

A prolonged strike would force companies to pay shippers for the delays, and goods could arrive too late for the high point of holiday shopping season.

Key industry and government officials are urging US dockworkers and their employers to avoid a strike at East and Gulf coast ports this week, though many facilities are already bracing for a shutdown.

Confronted by the militancy of longshore unions, port operators have deployed automation, in part to limit their ...

If roughly 45,000 U.S. longshoremen make good on their threat to strike beginning Tuesday, they could shut down 36 ports from ...