Dockworkers at ports along the West Coast have ratified a new contract, securing a sweeping agreement set to last six years and expected to ease tensions after cargo shipments were diverted to other regions.
The contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association, which operates the terminals, covers 22,000 dockworkers at 29 ports from Los Angeles to Seattle.
The contract was approved by 75 percent of members who voted, the union said late Thursday.
The maritime association did not respond to a request for comment.
The two sides announced in June that they had reached a tentative agreement after a year of negotiations that prompted intervention from the Biden administration and coincided with a decline in the volume of cargo at several major ports along the West Coast.
Persons:
Biden
Organizations:
Warehouse Union, Pacific Maritime Association
Locations:
West, Los Angeles, Seattle, West Coast