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Dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts approved a six-year contract on TUESDAY.
The deal averted a potential strike.
Dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts overwhelmingly approved a six-year contract Tuesday, averting the threat of a strike that could have crippled the economy.
The yes vote was expected after the leadership of the International Longshoremen’s Association union reached a tentative contract agreement in January with the U.S. Maritime Alliance of ports and shipping companies.
The alliance approved the contract last month, and on Tuesday rank-and-file members voted for it with nearly 99 percent in favor, the union said in a statement.
The contract calls for a 62% pay hike over six years that would lift hourly wages at the top of the union pay scale from $39 an hour to $63 an hour.
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The union and the alliance also reached a truce on the most contentious labor issue on America’s docks: automation. The union worries that machines — especially semi-automated cranes — will replace human workers. Port operators and shipping companies argue that U.S. ports are falling behind more automated ones such as those in Rotterdam, Dubai and Singapore.
Trump celebrated the deal and thanked them for their support.
Congratulations to the U.S. Dockworkers on your great new deal. Also, thank you for your overwhelming support in the Presidential Election. Slowing down automation, just a little bit, is an OK thing to do!!! DJT