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East and Gulf Coast Ports To Remain Open

Longshoremen agree to postpone strike.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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US Congress and the President can’t get it together to avoid the Fiscal Cliff, but dockworkers and their bosses somehow manage to work out their problems. The International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance have agreed to a 30-day extension of their labor negotiations, averting a potential strike of East and Gulf Coast ports this weekend, and have apparently reached a tentative agreement on the issue of container royalty fees that put the talks at an impasse las...

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