Trade
Employers Boost Dockworker Wage Offer in Bid to Keep Ports Open
- USMX said it would raise pay nearly 50%, increase benefits
- White House officials met with port employer group on Monday
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The US Maritime Alliance says it has offered to boost wages for dockworkers by nearly 50% in an effort to resume negotiations with the International Longshoremen’s Union and avoid a potentially crippling strike at East Coast and Gulf ports.