Tens of thousands of U.S. dockworkers are set to walk off the job early Tuesday morning, clogging dozens of ports along the East and Gulf coasts and potentially raising consumer prices ahead of the holiday season.

U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a threatened strike early Tuesday.

U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a threatened strike early Tuesday. The International Longshoremen’s Association is demanding higher wages and a total ban on the automation of cranes,

The union representing U.S. dockworkers signaled that 45,000 members will walk off the job at midnight, kicking off a massive strike likely to shut down ports across the East and Gulf coasts

State are bracing for a possible strike as some 45,000 dockworkers at 14 ports across the east and Gulf Coast could be on the picket line at midnight Tuesday.Officials for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the governor of New York are putting together contingency plans for the walkout.