Strike Preparations Are Underway

The second-busiest U.S. ocean container port urged shippers to wind down cargo business less than a week before a strike deadline set by union dockworkers. The International Longshoremen’s Association will walk off the job when the contract with port employers expires at midnight Oct. 1. The pact covers workers at three dozen ports from Maine to Texas handling some $92 billion worth of freight each year. Read more here.