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Looming US ports strike threatens fresh supply chain crisis

Business groups warn of ‘devastating impact’ on economy if dockworkers walk off the job

Businesses are bracing for a strike at three dozen US ports that could upend supply chains and raise prices just weeks before election day.

The International Longshoremen’s Association says its 25,000 members will walk off the job if the union does not come to a new agreement with the US Maritime Alliance, which represents carriers and marine terminal operators, before their contract expires on September 30.

The contract covers all ports between Maine and Texas, including New York, Savannah, Houston, Miami and New Orleans.

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