Logistics Update: Longshoreman’s Union Begins Strike At Dozen Of East And Gulf Ports

More than 45,000 members of the Intl. Longshoremen’s Assn. went on strike at midnight Oct. 1, effectively shutting down dozens of US ports from Maine to Texas. A report from M.E. Dey & Co., the Milwaukee-based customs broker and logistics company, cited analysis from JPMorgan Chase that the strike could cost the US economy as…