US dockworkers will return to work after a three-day strike that paralyzed trade in ports along the country’s East and Gulf coasts. Workers agreed to extend their contracts until mid-January after reaching a tentative deal to increase wages by 62% over six years, Reuters reported.

The 2024 port strike commenced on October 1 and has been suspended due to a ‘tentative’ deal between the United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s

The union representing U.S. dockworkers has signaled that 45,000 members will walk off the job at midnight, kicking off a massive strike likely to shut down ports across the East and Gulf coasts.