Consumers became exasperated when they saw all the empty shelves. They endured price spikes for items that were suddenly scarce, such as hand sanitizer, computer equipment and bleach.

The looming strike of dockworkers across the U.S. East and Gulf coasts could devastate the nation's consumer supply chain, including at the Port of.

Tens of thousands of US dockworkers plan to strike next week if there is no breakthrough on contract talks, just a month before November's closely contested presidential election.Negotiations on a new contract began in May but have stalled in recent weeks.

Port of Montreal dockworkers are set to walk off the job Monday morning as tensions in a labor dispute ratchet up, threatening to freeze cargo at two terminals at one of Canada’s busiest seaports.

The union representing longshore workers at the Port of Montreal said Friday that work at two terminals could come to a standstill next week as the union served a 72-hour strike notice. Dockworkers could walk off the job as of 7 a.

The port of Montreal on Friday said customers would experience an operational slowdown after a union issued a notice for a three-day strike next week at two terminals that account for 41% of its container traffic.

CNW/ - The SCFP Longshoremen's Union, Local 375, filed a notice with the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) at 7 a.m. this morning for a three-day strike at the Viau and Maisonneuve container terminals.

The union representing longshore workers at the Port of Montreal says work at two terminals could come to a standstill next week as the union served a 72-hour strike notice today.