Tens of thousands of dockworkers are off the job for the second straight day as part of the International Longshoremen's Association strike continues at dozens of ports up and down the Atlantic Coast and along the Gulf Coast including some in the Houston-area.

Dockworkers at dozens of U.S. ports are digging in for a massive pay increase, seeking to flex their power in a strike that aims to strangle the flow of trade across much of the country.“This is going down in history what we’re doing here,