Dockworkers strike ends as union, freight companies reach tentative deal

Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Striking East and Gulf Coast dockworkers and U.S. port operators have reached a tentative agreement on wages, ending a two-day-old work stoppage, the longshoreman's union announced Thursday.

The International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance, an industry group representing ocean freight companies and port owners, have come together on a deal, the union said in a statement.

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