Dock workers across the U.S. are now on strike. The strike will affect operations at 35 major ports from Texas to Maine, including Georgia's ports.

Dozens of ports along the East and Gulf coasts of the US have shut down as thousands of dock workers strike over wages and technology that could replace jobs, according to CNBC. The strike, which began just past midnight on October 1st,

For the first time in decades, dock workers from Houston to Maine are on strike. A local economist weighed in on how that might affect people in North Texas.The union members are fighting an effort to make ports automated,