Retailers say they can weather a short shutdown but prices are likely to rise and shortages might grow in a prolonged walkout.

Thousands of dockworkers at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts are going on strike in search of higher pay and better job security.

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