The International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance reached a tentative agreement on wages and extended their Master Contract until Jan. 15, 2025, the ILA announced in a brief statement late Oct. 3. Effective immediately, it said, all work covered by the contract would resume.
The strike, which began Oct. 1, involved tens of thousands of dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts. While the two sides have agreed to a wage increase over six years, NPR reported, they’ll continue to negotiate the union’s demand to ban automation at the ports.
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