Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke a 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike by 45,000 dockworkers that has shut down 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas. At issue is Section 206 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947,

From Maine to Texas, dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U.S. are now on strike for the first time in decades. Supply chain experts say consumers won’t see an immediate impact from the strike because most retailers stocked up on goods,

President Joe Biden ratcheted up pressure on US port employers and shipping lines to restart talks with striking dock workers, warning that the unfolding strike could turn into a “man-made disaster.”