From Maine to Texas, dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U.S. are now on strike for the first time in decades.

Tens of thousands of workers at major ports on the US East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday in action that could drag on the world's largest economy just ahead of the November presidential election.

Dockworkers at major ports along the US East and Gulf Coasts began walking off the job Tuesday after last-minute negotiations yielded no new labor contract, a stoppage expected to drag

Dockworkers at major ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, impacting vital trade arteries in the world's largest economy Dockworkers on the US East and Gulf coasts went on strike after failing to reach a new contract deal with port owners - a major industrial action that threatens to disrupt shipping and cost the US economy billions of dollars