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U.S. longshoremen reached a contract agreement with ports and shippers Wednesday, averting a potential strike that could have damaged the American economy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/economy/2025/01/09/510285/longshoremen-reach-tentative-agreement-with-ports-shippers-averting-a-potential-strike/

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Vowing to stop machines from taking their jobs, 45,000 U.S. longshoremen are threatening to go on a strike that would shut down ports on the East and Gulf coasts and could damage the American economy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/economy/2025/01/07/510010/dockworkers-in-houston-across-u-s-threaten-to-strike-against-automation-creating-uncertainty/

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The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers, including those at the port of Houston, has reached a deal to suspend their strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract, a person briefed on the matter says.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/10/03/501987/source-dockworkers-union-to-suspend-strike-until-jan-15-to-allow-time-to-negotiate-new-contract/

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