West Coast ports end year-long labor dispute with union contract.
The union representing dock workers at 29 West Coast ports has reached a tentative labor contract after more than a year of negotiations, potentially ending a bitter labor dispute that had temporarily shuttered some of North America’s most important ports of entry. The biggest long-standing flash point for the union and port management concerned automation, while pay more recently became an unexpected sticking point. The Biden administration became closely involved in mediating the dispute as it sought to head off further possible disruptions to commerce.
