Alternative East Coast ports — including Montreal, where half of the terminals are shut down by a strike — will not be able to handle large scale diversions.

The union recently claimed that carriers "are gouging their customers," alleging that it now costs $30,000 to ship a single container. Not so, says freight rate analytics company, Xeneta.

The strike affects ports with the combined capacity to handle as much as half of all U.S. trade volumes.

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The three-day strike started at 7 a.m. EST on September 30 at the Port of Montreal's Viau and Maisonneuve Termont terminals.

Key industry and government officials are urging U.S. dockworkers and their employers to avoid a strike at East and Gulf coast ports this week.

The ILA halted negotiations with the USMX in June, after discovering that a handful of ports were using automated systems to check in trucks.

Over the past two years, the share of Class I freight railroad employees who are provided paid sick days surged from 5% to 90%.

Nippon has promised to invest $1.4 billion in facilities with USW representation, and not conduct layoffs while the union's existing labor deal remains in place.