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US retailers fret as wharf strike looms
In just a few days, a walkout by thousands of dock workers could bring commerce to a near standstill at every major US port from Boston to Houston, potentially delivering a big blow to retailers and manufacturers still struggling to find their footing in a weak economy.
More than 14,000 wharf labourers are threatening to go on strike on Sunday - a wide-ranging work stoppage that would immediately close cargo ports on the country's east coast and the Gulf of Mexico to container ships.
The 15 ports involved in the labour dispute move more than 90 million tonnes of goods each year, or about 40 per cent of the country's containerised cargo traffic.
Losing them to a shutdown, even for a few days, could cost the economy billions of dollars.
'If the port shuts down, nothing moves in or out,' said Jonathan Gold, vice-president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation.
And when the workers do return, 'it's going to take time to clear out that backlog, and we don't know how long that it's going to take.'
Shipments of such varied products as flat-screen TVs, sneakers and snow shovels would either sit idle at sea or get rerouted, at great time and expense.
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The two sides agreed to extend it once already, for 90 days, but they have so far baulked at extending it again when it expires in the first minutes of Sunday.
The union said its members would agree to an extension only if the Maritime Alliance dropped a proposal to freeze the royalties workers get for every container they unload.
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Florida Governor Rick Scott said 'the livelihood of thousands of Florida families lies in the balance'.
The White House weighed in, too, urging dockworkers and shipping companies on Thursday to reach agreement 'as quickly as possible' on a contract extension.
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The ports only reopened after President George W Bush, invoking powers given to him by the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, ordered an 80-day cooling-off period.
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