The union representing East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers was seeking higher wages and a ban on the use of some automated equipment.

A historic United States port strike has been suspended and a tentative agreement was reached “on wages,” according to the International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance.

“Effective immediately, all current job actions will cease and all work covered by the Master Contract will resume,” the ILA and USMX said in a joint statement Thursday evening.

The tentative agreement would increase workers’ wages by 62% over the life of the 6-year contract, sources familiar confirm to ABC News.

This represents a significant increase from the shipping industry group’s offer of a 50% wage increase earlier this week. The union had been pushing for a 77% pay hike over six years.

The tentative agreement would bring the hourly wage for a top dockworker to $63 per hour at the end of the new contract, up from $39 per hour under the expired contract.

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
    58·
    1 month ago

    good for them!

    now, let’s all point and laugh at the schmucks that learned nothing from 2020 and stockpiled TP this week.

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      now, let’s all point and laugh at the schmucks that learned nothing from 2020 and stockpiled TP this week.

      Yeah! By this point everyone should be ordering their TP in 48-roll boxes from WhoGivesACrap!