Port Workers Return To Jobs After Agreement Reached
The agreement includes a $4-per-hour raise for each year of the six-year contract.
Thousands of port workers returned to work Friday after a brief strike. Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association walked off their jobs on Tuesday pushing for their demands to be met. Thursday, regulators reached a tentative agreement. The 50,000 union members across ports from Maine to Texas were asking for increased wages. They also expressing concerns that increased automation at…