Dockworker Union Ratifies Six-Year Contract at Eastern US Ports

MSN - 26/02
The dockworker union that brought half of US container trade to a halt last October has voted to ratify a new labor contract with their port and ocean carrier employers.

(Bloomberg) -- The dockworker union that brought half of US container trade to a halt last October has voted to ratify a new labor contract with their port and ocean carrier employers.

Nearly 99% of workers backed the contract, International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said in a statement. “We now have labor peace for the next six years.”

The ILA-USMX accord is good news for the importers, retailers and consumers on edge from the uncertainty surrounding the Trump administration’s trade policies an...
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