A striking worker holds a sign in front of the Bayport Container Terminal in Seabrook, Texas, on October 3, 2024. The 85,000-member International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), which has 85,000 members, began its first strike since 1977 after weeks of stalled negotiations over a long-term labor agreement. Six years.
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The United States Dockers Union and the American Maritime Alliance have agreed to a tentative agreement on wages and have extended their current contract through January 2025 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.
This step ends the strike that has besieged the ports of the East Coast and Gulf Coast since the beginning of the week and threatened US supplies of fruits, cars and other goods.
“The International Longshoremen’s Association and US Maritime Alliance Limited have reached a tentative agreement on wages and agreed to extend the master contract through January 15, 2025 to return to the bargaining table to negotiate all other outstanding issues.” The Longshoremen's Association and the American Maritime Alliance said in a joint statement.
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