
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Port Newark NJ, the brief but impactful strike by dockworkers that halted operations at East Coast ports came to an end late Thursday. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) announced they had reached a tentative agreement on wages and a contract extension, bringing relief to supply chains that had been disrupted across 14 major marine hubs.