20 days… That’s all that’s left before a new deal has to be reached between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX).

No deal by then, there’s a strike.

After the ILA published a letter to its rank and file this weekend, it looks even more likely picketing dockworkers will shut down all the ports along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts on October 1st.

Keep reading in Universal Cargo’s blog.