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ILA strike at US ports driven by job loss fears from automation. Union resists automation trend in maritime industry.

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Dockworkers strike at 36 ports over wage disputes and automation concerns, potentially disrupting supply chains and leading to shortages.

Tens of thousands of workers at major ports on the US East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday in action that could drag on the world's largest economy just ahead of the November presidential election.

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 few weeks

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A strike at the Port of Virginia "began at 12:01 am," the port said on its website, adding that talks between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) shipping group "have reached an impasse."

Strike – the first by port workers on US east coast since 1977 – threatens to shut down ports from Maine to Texas

Business group United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) announced late in the day that counter-offers had been exchanged with the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), but tens of thousands of dockworkers could still walk off the job after midnight at the expiration of their six-year contract unless more concrete progress was made.