Nearly 25,000 longshoremen and dockworkers walked​ off the job on Tuesday at ports in the East and Gulf coasts.

On Tuesday morning, 45,000 dock workers at 36 ports across the country are off the job and on strike, including here in. Members of the International Longshoremen's Association or ILA started walking off the job after midnight Tuesday,

Unionized dockworkers are striking in Baltimore and at other major East Coast ports after failing to reach a new labor contract deal. Why it matters: A work stoppage that lasts more than a few days will snarl supply chains,