U.S. port strike suspended until January to allow time for contract talks

The national representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers astatine East and Gulf seashore ports says it has reached a woody to suspend their strike until January to supply clip to negociate a caller contract.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance said successful a associated connection they person reached a tentative woody connected wage increases, a cardinal sticking constituent successful the labour quality that has snarled North American proviso chains for 2 days.

The 2 sides volition “return to the bargaining array to negociate each different outstanding issues,” the connection said.

“Effective immediately, each existent occupation actions volition cease and each enactment covered by the Master Contract volition resume.”

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The national went connected onslaught aboriginal Tuesday aft its declaration expired successful a quality implicit wage and the automation of tasks astatine the ports from Maine to Texas. The onslaught came astatine the highest of the vacation buying play astatine 36 ports that grip astir fractional the cargo from ships coming into and retired of the United States.

The onslaught besides affected goods that participate Canada from those ports, which are capable to grip acold much capableness than Canadian East Coast ports.

The walkout raised the hazard of shortages of goods connected store shelves if it lasted much than a fewer weeks. But astir retailers had stocked up oregon shipped items aboriginal successful anticipation of the enactment stoppage.

—With files from the Associated Press