tentative deal

A tentative agreement has been reached to end the widespread dockworkers strike that brought ports along the Gulf and East coasts to a halt this week. The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), representing approximately 45,000 dockworkers from Maine to Texas, reached the deal with management groups late yesterday. The agreement focuses on wage increases, a central issue that led to the strike, which began on Tuesday morning and threatened to disrupt the U.S. supply chain at a critical time.

The strike, which impacted major ports along the Atlantic. . .