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Dockworkers Pause Strike After Biden Administration’s Appeal To Patriotism Hits The Mark

US Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su BY ANNA NAGURNEY EUGENE M. ISENBERG CHAIR IN INTERGRATIVE STUDIES, UMASS AMHERST A dockworkers strike that froze operations at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports for 2½ days was paused on Oct. 3 . The Conversation U.S. asked Anna Nagurney , a scholar of supply chains, to assess the extent of disruptions that likely occurred and how the swift return of 45,000 workers who had been on strike may stave off further problems down the road. Why was the strike suspended? Aided by intense pressure from senior Biden administration officials, the shipping companies, represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance , significantly increased the raise they were offering the dockworkers to 62% from their previous offer of a 50% boost in pay . The International Longshoremen’s Association, the dockworkers’ union, were seeking a 77% raise , but it accepted the new offer, which will be phased in over six years . The agreement labor leaders and management reached will suspend

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