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Port strike ends as workers agree to tentative deal on wages and contract extension

The International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance reached a tentative agreement to extend the Master Contract until January 15, 2025, covering wages.
All job actions will cease immediately, and work under the Master Contract will resume, according to a joint statement from the ILA and United States Maritime Alliance.
The deal includes a proposed 62% wage increase over six years, while President Joe Biden praised the agreement as "critical progress toward a strong contract.

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Port strikes end with deal on wages, averting economic disaster

Shipping containers sit piled at the Port of Baltimore on Sept. 21, 2018. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) A strike by tens of thousands of dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts, that could have seriously hurt the U.S. economy had it continued, has been called off. All workers were called back to work Thursday, after a three-day strike, following a tentative agreement on wages between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United S…

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The Virginian Pilot

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American Military News

US dockworkers agree to suspend strike until Jan. 15

Dockworkers at U.S. East and Gulf coast ports have agreed to start moving cargo again while they continue collective bargaining with their employers on a new contract. The International Longshoremen’s Association agreed to extend the contract until Jan. 15 and work will resume Friday, the union said in a statement Thursday. “The strike is over,” ILA Local 333 President Scott Cowan told CBS Baltimore affiliate, adding that dockworkers will be bac…

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Charleston City Paper

Port reopens after longshoremen suspend strike - Charleston City Paper

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U.S. Port Workers End Strike With Tentative Deal Reached - teleSUR English

The ILA’s demand for higher wages translated into 77-percent growth in the next six years. On Thursday, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with operators on wages and resumed all work immediately. RELATED: U.S. Port Workers on Massive Strike for Wages and Automation The ILA, which represents around 45,000 dockworkers across the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts, and the United States…

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