Dock workers and employers at East and Gulf Coast ports have reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract. The deal averts a strike that could have restarted when the current deal ...

The union representing 45,000 dock workers on the East and Gulf Coasts and their employers said they reached a tentative deal averting a strike.

Dock workers could resume their brief strike from October if an agreement isn’t reached between them and dock operators before the Jan. 15 contract deadline. While the two sides agreed to a pay ...