US dockworkers’ union set to hammer out a deal or strike

By Laura Curtis
Published 3 Min Read

Shipment containers at a dock during the day.
Bloomberg

A U.S. dockworkers’ union and their employer group will meet in New Jersey on Tuesday with just over a week to hammer out a deal on a new labor contract or risk halting roughly half of all the country’s container volumes.

A strike that would shut every major U.S. East and Gulf coast port is all but certain if the two sides can’t clear the highest hurdles before a Jan. 15 deadline — or agree on another extension.

Laura Curtis

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