Royalty deal averts strike at U.S. ports
Posted: December 29, 2012 at 3:28 a.m.
A Monrovian container ship arrives at the Port of New Orleans just before sunrise Friday. A proposed agreement with dockworkers has prevented a major port strike for now.
Dockworkers and their employers reached a tentative agreement on royalty payments Friday, averting a strike that would have shut down U.S. ports from Maine to Texas for the first time in 35 years.
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