Key Takeaways International Longshoremen’s Association members walked out on 14 ports from New England to Texas this week, which could cost the U.S. economy up to $4.5 billion each day.The dockworker's strike could close off ports that handle more than 68% of America's imports.

Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas have started walking picket lines in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a fe

The union representing thousands of dockworkers from Maine to Texas launched a strike over wages and the use of automation, shutting down major seaports.

From Maine to Texas, dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U.S. are now on strike for the first time in decades.

The International Longshoremen’s Association signaled 45,000 members were walking off the job at midnight, kicking off a strike that would cost billions a day.

Dockworkers at three dozen ports from Maine to Texas walked off the job early Tuesday in a strike that "could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks," the AP reports.

Dockworkers at major ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, impacting vital trade arteries in the world's largest economy Dockworkers on the US East and Gulf coasts went on strike after failing to reach a new contract deal with port owners - a major industrial action that threatens to disrupt shipping and cost the US economy billions of dollars