The union representing East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers was seeking higher wages and a ban on the use of some automated equipment.
A historic United States port strike has been suspended, sources .
Sources familiar with the negotiations that the two sides had reached a tentative agreement on wages and agreed to extend the master contract until Jan. 15. The sources said they will return to the bargaining table to negotiate all outstanding issues.
Tens of thousands of U.S. dockworkers had walked off the job early Tuesday morning, clogging dozens of ports along the East and Gulf coasts.
International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) members started to set up picket lines at shipping ports up and down the Atlantic and Gulf coasts as of 12:01 a.
