Longshore workers at ports from Maine to Texas are set to walk off the job early Tuesday, staging what could become the most disruptive strike to the US economy in decades.

The chief executive over Georgia's two booming seaports said Sept. 24 that a strike next week by dockworkers across the U.S. East and Gulf coasts appears likely, though

Everything from bananas to European wine and liquor, along with clothing, toys, household goods and European autos could be impacted.