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Lauren Aratani in New York

US dock workers ended strike – but dispute is not over yet

Containers are stacked at the Portsmouth terminal in Virginia.
Containers are stacked at the Portsmouth terminal in Virginia. Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters

The Biden administration breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday when the union representing port workers called off a strike that threatened mass disruption of goods just weeks before November’s election.

But the dispute between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the nation’s port operators is not yet over, and could hand whoever wins the White House their first political crisis come January.

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