Some 25,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports may strike as early as October 1 if their union doesn't reach a contract deal with shipping companies and port operators.

Dockworkers could strike as soon as Oct. 1, shutting down every container port on the East and Gulf Coasts. Here's how that would impact Arizonans.

It is growing ever more likely that tens of thousands of dockworkers in contract negotiations will soon go on strike, snarling up supply chains and costing billions of dollars just weeks before the election.

Tens of thousands of US dockworkers plan to strike next week if there is no breakthrough on contract talks, just a month before November's closely contested presidential election.