Apple and pretty much everyone else brace for supply chain disruptions as U.S. east coast dockworkers strike

U.S. dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas went on strike early Tuesday, demanding higher wages and opposing automation. Apple, and pretty much everyone else, are bracing for the strike, the first since 1977, which could disrupt supply chains and lead to shortages of goods and even more inflation.

The contract between the International Longshoremen’s …