U.S. dockworkers agreed to return to work after port operators sweetened their contract offer, ending a three-day strike that threatened to disrupt the American economy. The breakthrough Thursday came after port employers offered a 62% increase in wages over six years,

US dock workers and port operators have reached a tentative deal that will immediately end a three-day strike.

East Coast port strikes could have a significant impact on the holiday season, thanks to shipping delays, increased transportation costs, and a bottleneck of goods.

People on social media are posting photos of empty store shelves as concerns mount over the strike's impact on bathroom tissue supplies.

Panic buying is more likely to cause a toilet paper shortage than the ongoing union dockworker's strike that shutdown 36 East and Gulf Coast ports.

If the toilet-paper shelves are bare at your local shops, striking dockworkers are not to blame. It might be your neighbors, though. The strike that has shut down container ports on the East and Gulf