Maine
Dockworkers strike may cause food inflation, Christmas holiday shortages for US consumers
Some 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association walked off the job on Tuesday – picketing at ports stretching from Maine to Texas.
A dockworkers strike that has idled more than a dozen of the largest ports across the Eastern US threatens to reignite food inflation in the coming weeks, and could create a shortage of toys and Christmas trees just as the holiday season gets underwa... [5921 chars]