Dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts have overwhelmingly approved a six-year contract, averting the threat of a ...

The union's chief negotiator calls the agreement the 'gold standard,' with a truce on automation replacing jobs and a long stretch of labor peace.

ILA President Harold Daggett ... Port operators and shipping companies argue that U.S. ports are falling behind more automated ones such as those in Rotterdam, Dubai and Singapore.