A dockworkers strike that threatened the American supply chain weeks before an election is over just days after it began and before inflicting pain on consumers.
The union that represents tens of thousands of East Coast dockworkers and the shipping industry reached a tentative agreement on wages and are extending an expired contract through Jan. 15, 2025.
“Effective immediately, all current job actions will cease and all work covered by the Master Contract will resume,” the union said on Facebook Thursday evening.
The announcement defuses a political time bomb for Democrats, who need all the union support they can get right now but could not afford a prolonged strike that would have soured voters on the economy.
The International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents the workers who load and unload cargo containers at ports along the East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, walked off the job at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
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