Tens of thousands of port workers along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico went on strike in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the first industrial action by the U.S. longshoremen’s union in almost half a century.
The stoppage could cost the U.S. economy $5bn a day after an “impasse” stalled negotiations over wages and automation.
Port facilities from Maine to Texas were surrounded by walking picket lines in a stoppage that …