Shipping containers are stacked as dockworkers are on strike in Port Newark on October 1, 2024 in New Jersey. Officials at 14 ports along the US East and Gulf Coasts were making last-minute preparations on September 30 for a likely labor strike that could drag on the US economy just ahead of a presidential election -- despite last-minute talks. (Photo by Bryan R. SMITH / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 01: A truck displays signs as longshoremen with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and their supporters picket outside of the Dundalk Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore on October 01, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Dockworkers at 14 major ports on the East Coast and Gulf region have walked off the job after the ILA failed to reach a contract agreement with port ownership. This is the union’s first strike since 1977 and is expected to cost up the economy between $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion per day, according to J.P. Morgan. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 01: Longshoremen with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and their supporters picket outside of the Dundalk Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore on October 01, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Dockworkers at 14 major ports on the East Coast and Gulf region have walked off the job after the ILA failed to reach a contract agreement with port ownership. This is the union’s first strike since 1977 and is expected to cost up the economy between $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion per day, according to J.P. Morgan. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 01: Longshoremen with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and their supporters picket outside of the Dundalk Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore on October 01, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Dockworkers at 14 major ports on the East Coast and Gulf region have walked off the job after the ILA failed to reach a contract agreement with port ownership. This is the union’s first strike since 1977 and is expected to cost up the economy between $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion per day, according to J.P. Morgan. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 01: Longshoremen with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and their supporters picket outside of the Dundalk Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore on October 01, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Dockworkers at 14 major ports on the East Coast and Gulf region have walked off the job after the ILA failed to reach a contract agreement with port ownership. This is the union’s first strike since 1977 and is expected to cost up the economy between $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion per day, according to J.P. Morgan. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 01: Longshoremen with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and their supporters picket outside of the Dundalk Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore on October 01, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Dockworkers at 14 major ports on the East Coast and Gulf region have walked off the job after the ILA failed to reach a contract agreement with port ownership. This is the union’s first strike since 1977 and is expected to cost up the economy between $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion per day, according to J.P. Morgan. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 01: Longshoremen with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and their supporters picket outside of the Dundalk Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore on October 01, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Dockworkers at 14 major ports on the East Coast and Gulf region have walked off the job after the ILA failed to reach a contract agreement with port ownership. This is the union’s first strike since 1977 and is expected to cost up the economy between $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion per day, according to J.P. Morgan. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 01: Longshoremen with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and their supporters picket outside of the Dundalk Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore on October 01, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Dockworkers at 14 major ports on the East Coast and Gulf region have walked off the job after the ILA failed to reach a contract agreement with port ownership. This is the union’s first strike since 1977 and is expected to cost up the economy between $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion per day, according to J.P. Morgan. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)