Nearly 50-thousand dock workers from Maine to Texas are back to work today after a short-lived strike appears to have been resolved
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00:00Nearly 50,000 dock workers from Maine to Texas are back to work today
00:05after a short-lived strike appears to have been resolved.
00:09The International Longshoremen's Association agreeing to suspend their strike
00:14after an offer that would increase wages by 62 percent over a new six-year contract.
00:20There were fears the strike could drag on and hurt the entire U.S. economy
00:25since more than half of all imported goods come via the shutdown ports.
00:30The union had also claimed it wanted airtight language,
00:34preventing any automation at the ports, no word on if their demands were met.