The International Longshoremen's Association is preparing for a potential strike that could potentially shut down seaports from Maine to Texas.

There’s less than a week until a dockworker strike could shutter every major container port on the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and cargo owners are trying to avoid the fallout.The International Longshoremen’s Association is threating to walk out if a deal isn’t reached before Oct.

Major shipping ports along the East Coast could shut down as early as next week due to a labor dispute. Tens of thousands of dockworkers have threatened to go on strike if their union cannot reach a deal to renew their contract with the operators of those ports.

A group of Baltimore longshoremen have filed a class action lawsuit against the owner and manager of the ship that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

Litigation over the catastrophic collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge has begun in earnest, after the state of Maryland, the U.S. Justice Department, victims' families and others lodged new civil claims against the owner and operator of the cargo ship that struck the bridge in March 2024.