Port of Houston dockworkers have joined the nearly 50,000 striking from Texas to Maine. ILA union demands fair wages, automation ban in new contract.

The biggest dockworker strike in almost half a century is on its third day. If talks continue to stall for weeks, delaying the unloading of goods, it could spell trouble for at least one major retailer in Texas.

Chris Swonger, Distilled Spirits Council CEO, joins Madison Mills on Asking for a Trend to break down how the ongoing port strike is affecting the liquor industry. “Seventy-seven percent of US distilled spirits exports go out the 26 ports being impacted and 43% of imports coming into the country,