Trade groups and industry leaders were at ease after the International Longshoremen’s Association the United States Maritime Alliance reached a tentative agreement on a six-year contract for East and Gulf Coast port workers on Wednesday.

Both parties said the deal "establishes a framework for implementing technologies that will create more jobs while modernizing" the ports.

Dockworkers and port companies have come to a tentative agreement on a new six-year deal, avoiding another work stoppage that would cause major shipping disruptions along the East Coast. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) announced the

President and CEO Dan Halstrom issued the following statement: “This tentative contract agreement is great news for red meat exporters and for all of U.S. agriculture. The assurance that there will be no work stoppage at East and Gulf Coast ports eliminates a cloud of uncertainty and bolsters the U.

The bureaucracy is trying prevent an open conflict between dockworkers and the incoming fascist administration.

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

The United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen's Association reached a deal on a contract Wednesday night, avoiding a strike that could have closed ports up and down the East Coast and crippled the U.

The International Longshoremen's Association reached an agreement Wednesday on a new master labor contract with the United States Maritime Alliance, averting a strike at U.S. east coast and gulf coast ports.

Tens of thousands of dockworkers reached a tentative agreement Wednesday on a new, six-year contract with the U.S.