Port Strike Ends as Union Reaches Tentative Agreement

After the third day of the strike, thousands of port workers are heading back to work.

Dockworkers gather at the Bayport Container Terminal in Seabrook, Texas, on Oct. 1, 2024. Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

Tens of thousands of dock and port workers are heading back to work after their union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached a tentative agreement to end the labor dispute on Oct. 3.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), North America’s largest union of maritime workers, established a provisional wage deal with the USMX.