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The Georgia city is a picturesque tourist destination. It's also the No. 2 ocean cargo hub on the East Coast, and the dock strike's quick end was a relief.
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Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on.
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The strike that snarled East Coast and Gulf Coast ports is suspended. The dockworkers' union and the ocean carriers and port operators reached a tentative agreement -- ending the three-day standoff.
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The end of the port strike that shut down shipping on the East and Gulf coasts after three days comes as a relief to the auto industry, which had feared supply bottlenecks that could last months.
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Striking dockworkers reached a tentative agreement with port operators on Thursday for a 62 percent wage increase and have extended their contract through Jan. 15 to bargain over remaining issues.
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