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Dockworkers strike suspended, tentative agreement includes 62% pay raise over 6 years

abcnews.go.com Dockworkers strike suspended, tentative agreement includes 62% pay raise over 6 years

The union representing East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers was seeking higher wages and a ban on the use of some automated equipment.

A historic United States port strike has been suspended and a tentative agreement was reached "on wages," according to the International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance.

"Effective immediately, all current job actions will cease and all work covered by the Master Contract will resume," the ILA and USMX said in a joint statement Thursday evening.

The tentative agreement would increase workers’ wages by 62% over the life of the 6-year contract, sources familiar confirm to ABC News.

This represents a significant increase from the shipping industry group’s offer of a 50% wage increase earlier this week. The union had been pushing for a 77% pay hike over six years.

The tentative agreement would bring the hourly wage for a top dockworker to $63 per hour at the end of the new contract, up from $39 per hour under the expired contract.

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Congrats to the longshoremen!
- Now do Healthcare workers and teachers!
  
  Healthcare workers need to unionize
  
  Teachers have a union, but somehow it's ridiculously weak or just corrupted horribly to favor everyone except the teachers.
- Congrats-ish. That's not exactly a huge pay rise.
  
  They asked for 77% pay raises over 6 years and negotiated for 62%. This is a decent deal. Any victory for labor is a victory for all our us. Sure there is still a lot of work to be done, but this is a win.
  
  This is what, 8% annually or so? Seems petty substantial to me.
  
  if you made $100k on the docks today, by 2030 you should make $162k. this is an excellent win for them.
  
  Would you care to elaborate why you say that isn’t a huge pay raise? It seems quite significant to me.
  
  It's been a long time since unions have gotten a win like this. This represents a major wind change, hence why people are so stoked.
good for them!

now, let's all point and laugh at the schmucks that learned nothing from 2020 and stockpiled TP this week.
- now, let's all point and laugh at the schmucks that learned nothing from 2020 and stockpiled TP this week.
  
  Yeah! By this point everyone should be ordering their TP in 48-roll boxes from WhoGivesACrap!
Further proof that unions work and should be more widespread.
That's a much better outcome than I expected from this. Here's hoping the trend continues.
Fuck yeah a win for humanity.
Defeat the fuckingcapitalists

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