Here’s How A Dock Work­er Strike Could Upend The Econ­o­my — And The Elec­tion

A loom­ing dock work­er strike could throw the econ­o­my — and the pres­i­den­tial elec­tion — into chaos, an Octo­ber sur­prise that would like­ly hurt Democ­rats.
The Inter­na­tion­al Longshoremen’s Asso­ci­a­tion, which rep­re­sents about 85,000 dock work­ers nation­wide, is threat­en­ing to strike on Octo­ber 1 if the union can­not reach an agree­ment with port own­er­ship. Nego­ti­a­tions broke down in June between the union and the Unit­ed States Mar­itime Alliance, which rep­re­sents port man­age­ment. The two sides are in a stale­mate over both wages and the automa­tion …