Fruit prices are about to skyrocket if they all strike at once.
America could run out of popular fruit within weeks as 45,000 dockworkers who help import it threaten to strike
America could soon face empty fruit aisles and skyrocketing prices as 45,000 dockworkers threaten to walk off the job,
The looming strike, set to begin October 1, could potentially bring major East Coast and Gulf Coast ports to a standstill – eventually impacting America’s supply of popular fruits including bananas, as well as plywood and other items.
Americans consume more bananas per capita than any other fresh fruit, and a whopping two-thirds of them arrive through the threatened ports.
The International Longshoremen’s Association, led by Harold Daggett, is demanding a massive 80 percent pay raise over six years.
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With just over a week to go until D-Day, authorities are gearing up as a threatened strike by dockworkers at ports along the East Coast and Gulf Coast draws closer.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is “coordinating with partners across the supply chain to prepare for any impacts” from a possible work stoppage by workers represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association as they negotiate with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), a Port Authority spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch on Friday.
“We urge both sides to find common ground and keep the cargo flowing for the good of the national economy,” added the spokesperson, noting that $240 billion in goods move through the two ports each year and that such trade supports more than 600,000 local jobs.