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Dockworkers’ union reaches tentative agreement, will suspend port strike until January
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Fox Business, National

Dockworkers’ union reaches tentative agreement, will suspend port strike until January

By Bradford Betz | Fox Business Striking U.S. dockworkers will return to work Friday after reaching a tentative agreement with employers on an improved wage offer. The conditional offer was for a 62% wage increase, FOX Business has learned.  The offer is on the table for the next 90 days. If no deal is reached within that timeframe, the proposed wage hike will be pulled from the table.  The International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents 45,000 striking U.S. workers, said the union and USMX have reached a "tentative agreement on wages and have agreed to extend the Master Contract until January 15, 2025 to return to the bargaining table to negotiate all other outstanding issues."  READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX BUSINESS
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Dockworkers from Maine to Texas go on strike as US economy faces losses of billions per day
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National, The Post Millennial

Dockworkers from Maine to Texas go on strike as US economy faces losses of billions per day

By The Post Millennial Early Tuesday morning, dockworkers at ports across the US began a strike over wages and automation that could cause supply shortages and increase inflation. According to the Associated Press, the contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association and 36 ports from Maine to Texas. The strike went forward despite reported progress in negotiations and is the first one by the union since 1977. The union opened negotiations with an offer for a 77 percent pay increase over the six-year contract. Union President Harold Daggett said the increase was necessary to compensate for years of minor increases and inflation. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE POST MILLENNIAL
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