Nearly a year after negotiations began, a labor deal at West Coast ports appears to be on the horizon, potentially clearing the uncertainty that has been hanging over U.S. importers heading into their crucial fall selling season
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Shipping industry officials say they may be weeks away from multiyear contract covering dockworkers from California to Washington stateThe dockworkers’ union and port employers have been negotiating for almost a year on a contract covering more than 22,000 dockworkers at West Coast ports.
Some shipping officials familiar with the talks hope a tentative agreement could be reached by June, ending a contentious period in port labor relations that prompted some of the country’s biggest retailers and manufacturers to shift goods away from the region
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