USA: the strike at the ports interrupts the supply of hamburgers in the country

The labor strike prevents the loading and unloading of all types of products, from cars even fruit and wine containers. However, the meat sector in the United States is one of the most affected industriessince supplies were already reducing after a severe drought and high grain prices.

The hamburger industry affected by the port strike

Short-term disruptions to port shipments could impact the broader U.S. food supply chain, according to experts and food importers. If the force measure is prolonged, the result there will be shortages of some foods and inflation.

In detail, the beef sector can suffer great consequences. Especially in the burger productionof great importance in the country: in the United States, around 50 billion of units of this food per year, and Its industry generates more than US$200 billion annually.

Beef supplies had already taken a hit in recent months, as a result of a severe drought and high grain priceswhich encouraged ranchers to sell their livestock, reducing the country’s herd to the lowest level in decades.

This decline in local production produced a surge of cheaper imports. The supermarket suppliers and food restaurants quick from usa Imports of frozen lean meat that is mixed with domestic supplies for making hamburger meat.

In this context, port strikes can affect the entire supply chain. generated imports about an industry that has already been suffering blows throughout the year. Furthermore, other products, such as frozen seafood, go through a similar situation.

The reasons behind the strike

The strike of the 14 major US ports went on strike during the early hours of this Tuesday, after the failure of salary negotiations between the representatives of the dockers and the Maritime Alliance

The two sides announced they had resumed negotiations on Monday night. They had been started in May, but also stagnated regarding salaries and work automation. “In the last 24 hours, the USMX and the ILA have exchanged counteroffers on salaries,” the Maritime Alliance said in a statement, where it also detailed that its proposal “had improved” and requested an extension of the current labor agreement to continue negotiating.

However, a source close to the negotiation process expressed that this proposal mentioned by the Alliance was rejected by the union the same Monday. In this way, on Tuesday morning the strike began in 14 ports on the east coast and the Gulf of Mexico, after the current six-year agreement expired.

The USMX represents the employers’ association of 36 ports spread along the coasts of Mainein the northeast, and those of Texas, in the south, passing through Florida, in the southeast of the country.

For his part, the dockers union It has more than 85,000 members throughout the United States, including seaport, river and lake workers. A number that can twist the course of the country.