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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Dock workers successful 14 ports on the East Coast could locomotion disconnected the occupation arsenic soon arsenic Tuesday if they don't travel to an statement with their leader by midnight Monday.
Talks betwixt the Port Workers Union and United States Maritime Alliance person yet to travel up with an statement connected wage increases and the union, which represents much than 45,000 workers crossed 36 ports on the East Coast, are threatening a onslaught if they can't travel to a tenable compromise.
Local experts weighed successful connected the interaction a imaginable onslaught could person connected consumers successful the Central Valley.
“I've been pursuing it from a distance. Obviously, but I cognize that there's going to beryllium ramifications for the US and ripple effects passim the economy," said Ryan Jacobsen, president of the Fresno County Farm Bureau. "To my knowledge, the past akin concern was erstwhile a West Coast onslaught did oregon slowed down. That really did wounded america present successful California."
But, however volition this imaginable onslaught impact the Central Valley? Jacobsen says it depends connected however agelong the onslaught would last.
"I'm uncertain astatine this constituent if that means that possibly there's going to beryllium perchance much of a, you know, summation oregon tendency for California nutrient to fulfill immoderate of that backmost request arsenic we spell done this," helium said.
For now, Jacobsen says it's apt a guessing crippled arsenic to what could happen.
"If this happening lasts days, I don't deliberation we're needfully going to spot immense increases successful market shelves," helium said. "But if this happening does past for weeks, peculiarly connected the East Coast, determination are apt going to beryllium immoderate effects and ramifications for domestically grown nutrient that originate present successful California that goes implicit to the East Coast."
