Covid PTSD? Amid port strike some consumers are panic-buying goods like toilet paper
Turbovsky, who lives in Fort Worth, Texas, had not been planning to go to the store, but when a co-worker told her she should stock up because there could be shortages and price increases, she decided to go.
Why there is no need to panic buy products during the port strike | What you need to know
A strike that persists for more than a month would likely cause a shortage of some products, although most holiday retail goods have already arrived.
Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports
The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in their standoff with port operators over wages and the use of automation.
'Don’t Panic': What MD Consumers Need To Know About Dockworkers Strike
The strike by dockworkers at 36 U.S. ports, including thousands of workers in Maryland, could snarl the supply chain and cause shortages and higher prices if it stretches on than a few weeks, but experts warn consumers not to engage in panic buying.
Dockworkers strike threatens US supply chain
Thousands of dockworkers from Maine to Texas have gone on strike, demanding a pay raise and fair working conditions. The strike threatens to disrupt the U.S. supply chain and could cost the economy more than $4 billion a day.
Do you support the dockworkers strike?
With 45,000 longshoremen at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas on strike for the first time in decades, experts say the workers may wield the upper hand.
Panic buying is everywhere due to ongoing port strike. This Houston expert says it's unnecessary.
Southern Methodist University professor Venky Shankar says there is no reason to panic buy items like toilet paper because of ...
Why is toilet paper running out? Port strike prompts panic-buying, supply chain concerns
Some consumers are panic-buying toilet paper and other goods amid the East Coast port strike, as they did during the COVID-19 ...
One of Texas' largest liquor retailers says holiday supply could be impacted if port workers strike continues
If the workers here stay on the picket line for several weeks, one of Texas’ major liquor retailers says it could hurt them ...
Biden says sees progress in US port labor dispute as strike enters third day
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he believed progress was being made in a port labor contract dispute, as ...
Did the ports go on strike? Port of Houston among impacted ports from Texas to Maine
Port of Houston dockworkers have joined the nearly 50,000 striking from Texas to Maine. ILA union demands fair wages, ...
See how the port strike will snarl shipments of bananas, beer, cars and more
The port closures will lead to delays and backlog for the global shipping industry. See which products could see shortages if ...
The US could see shortages and higher retail prices if a dockworkers strike drags on
The International Longshoremen’s Association is demanding significantly higher wages and a total ban on the automation of ...
Port Strike: How dock workers striking could affect North Texas
For the first time in decades, dock workers from Houston to Maine are on strike. A local economist weighed in on how that ...
Port workers from Maine to Texas are set to strike Tuesday. Expect shortages and higher prices
Longshore workers at ports from Maine to Texas are set to walk off the job early Tuesday, staging what could become the most ...
Sees progress in port labour dispute: Biden as strike enters third day
The strike, the biggest of its kind in nearly half a century, has blocked unloading of container ships from Maine to Texas, ...
Port strike called at East and Gulf Coast cargo facilities as dockworkers walk off the job
Thousands of dockworkers at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts went on strike in search of higher pay and better job ...