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The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance have avoided a strike that could have started Jan. 15.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year master contract. The agreement will replace the expiring contract

The U.S. East and Gulf Coast port employers, represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union have reached a tentative deal—just days before the new Jan.

The dockworkers union and port owners held a private meeting ahead of resuming formal talks to help with the heated issue of automation.

The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached a tentative agreement on the afternoon of January 8.

A tentative labor deal forestalled potentially damaging trade disruptions at three-dozen U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, with both sides in the talks crediting President-elect Donald Trump for clearing the way for them to hammer out a deal on automation.

The union representing 45,000 dock workers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts and their employers on Wednesday said they reached a tentative deal on a new six-year contract, averting further strikes that could have snarled supply chains and taken a toll on the U.

An agreement on automation and job preservation was crucial to the six-year agreement between the union and management at major East and Gulf Coast ports.