Port workers strike sparks panic buying NBC New York [Video]

You may have noticed empty shelves where you typically find toilet paper at your local store.

While it seems that many are panic buying and stocking up on paper towels and toilet paper following news of the port workers’ strike, experts say it is unnecessary — mostly because we do not import toilet paper.

“When you look at some of the things that people are buying that they are really worried about, those are things that are actually made in the United States and travel by train,” NBC News Senior Business Correspondent Christine Romans said on TODAY. “This is just our behavior.”

It is the third day of the port strike in which workers are demanding higher pay and protection from automation. On Thursday, many workers on strike brought their children to the picket line to show the world who they are striking: to provide for their families’ future.

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