Georgia ports to resume operations after dockworker strike suspended [Video]

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Operations at Georgia’s ports in Savannah and Brunswick will resume on Friday morning following the tentative agreement that suspended the ongoing dockworker strike.

The union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents 45,000 dockworkers across the country, reached a deal on Thursday to pause the three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.

The temporary end to the strike came after the union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shipping companies, reached a tentative agreement on wages, the union and ports said in a joint statement.

A person briefed on the agreement said the ports sweetened their wage offer from about 50% over six years to 62%. The person didn’t want to be identified because the agreement is tentative. Any wage increase would have to be approved by union members as part of the ratification of a final contract.

The union went on strike early Tuesday after its …