A strike involving port workers across the east coast impacted Port Tampa Bay Tuesday, when dozens of longshoremen walked off the job and onto the picket line.

The Florida Ports Council said the strike will affect items such as clothing, furniture, and construction and hurricane supplies. There's “a genuine concern about getting much needed supplies to storm-ravaged communities in Florida and up the Eastern seaboard.

U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a threatened strike early Tuesday. The International Longshoremen’s Association is demanding higher wages and a total ban on the automation of cranes,