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#Longshoremen agree to suspend #strike, reopen #ports

Striking #dockworkers reached a tentative agreement w/port operators on Thurs for a 62% wage increase & have extended their contract through Jan 15 to bargain over remaining issues.

#ILA #USMX #union #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
washingtonpost.com/business/20

The Washington Post · Longshoremen agree to suspend strike, reopen portsBy David J. Lynch

US #port #strike to END! after operators reach tentative #deal with #dockworkers for 62% raise

Striking US dock workers & port operators have reached a tentative #agreement for a #wage hike of around 62% that will end a 3-day strike, a source familiar w/the matter said.

Port work could resume as soon as Thurs
evening! the person said.

#Longshoremen #ILA #union #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
reuters.com/world/us/ship-queu

#Diversions are a key issue for the #ILA, w/the #union's president, #HaroldDaggett, threatening that the #longshoremen would travel to ports where diverted vessels attempt to unload their freight. Daggett has mentioned the #ILWU allowing ILA members to go to the port in the 1977 #strike to stop the unloading of a diverted vessel. Daggett was one of those longshoremen at that time who traveled to the #WestCoast.

#economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
cnbc.com/2024/10/03/ports-stri

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Now, he’s using his trademark aggression to fight suppliers, govt agencies & even President #Biden on the strikes – which will cause #supplychain logjams & could cost the #economy billions each day, according to JP Morgan.

Retailers, auto suppliers & produce importers had hoped Biden would impose the federal #TaftHartley Act, which allows US presidents to enact an 80-day cooling-off period that forces employees to return to work during certain labor disputes.

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During the course of the trial, one of Daggett’s co-defendants – Lawrence Ricci, an alleged major #mob figure – disappeared. His body was found weeks later decomposing in the trunk of a car outside a New Jersey diner.

Daggett was acquitted in 2 cases – even though the famous black-and-white mob movie “On the Waterfront” was inspired by his #longshoremen’s #union.

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