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Newark NJ, East and Gulf Coast port operators reached a tentative agreement late Wednesday with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), averting a labor strike that could have disrupted U.S. supply chains for the second time in three months.
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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.
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Port Newark NJ, in a major labor action that could disrupt supply chains nationwide, over 45,000 dockworkers across 36 East and Gulf Coast ports went on strike early this morning after their contract expired, marking the first such strike in the U.S. since 1977.
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