The Port of Houston is pictured in a recent photo. If there is no deal by the end of the day September 30, the International Longshoreman's Association is threatening to go on strike at the port and other container ports along the Gulf and East coasts, from Texas to Maine.
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The Port of Houston is pictured in a recent photo. If there is no deal by the end of the day September 30, the International Longshoreman's Association is threatening to go on strike at the port and other container ports along the Gulf and East coasts, from Texas to Maine.
Mandatory Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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Time running out to avoid crippling US port strike

Time is running out to avoid a work stoppage at ports along the entire East and Gulf Coasts in what could become the most disruptive strike to the US economy in decades.