The looming port strike that could have crippled many ports across the U.S., including Port Miami, Port Everglades and the Port of Jacksonville, has been averted. At least for now.
According to the Washington Post:
On Friday, the East Coast dock workers’ union reached a tentative agreement with shippers and port operators, a top federal mediator said. The breakthrough in talks means that the country won’t have to sit through a strike by 14,500 dock workers from Houston to Boston next week — a move that could have proved quite disruptive to the U.S. economy.
The union and the shipping companies will now extend the deadline another 30 days while they hash out remaining issues for a new contract.
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