A tentative 6-year agreement has been reached between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the US Alliance of ports and shipping companies, a week before the January 15th deadline. While no details of the agreement are being released in order to give union members a chance to read and approve the documents, a joint statement was issued stating the agreement protected union jobs while allowing modernization to take place. After staging a 3-day strike in October, the union agreed to a 62% pay increase over 6 years but it was contingent on an agreement being reached before January 15 over the issue of automation, especially the concern that semi-automated cranes would replace workers. President-elect Trump met with the union president Harold Daggett at Mar-a-Lago after which he came out in support of the union.
See "US longshoremen reach tentative deal with ports and shippers to avert strike", Associated Press, The Guardian, January 10, 2025