BALTIMORE COUNTY — The strike at the Port of Baltimore has been suspended.
Union for 45,000 U.S. dockworkers agreed to suspend the strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate new contract.
Sources familiar with the negotiations tell us the two sides have reached a tentative agreement on wages and agree to extend the master contract until Jan. 15, return to the bargaining table to negotiate all outstanding issues.
Governor Wes Moore released a statement following the announcement of the suspension of the strike:
I would like to congratulate the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance for coming to a tentative agreement that properly compensates the men and women of the ILA while maintaining cost effective and efficient cargo flows. Our state is not complete without the men and women that work these ports every day and we are thrilled that come tomorrow morning, our ports will be firing on all cylinders with the support of our Local ILA 333 President Scott Cowan, their entire membership, and the U.S Maritime Alliance.
Governor Wes Moore
Workers are expected back to work at 8 a.m. tomorrow.
