In a social media post, the union's president Harold Daggett said the union was fighting for “the kind of wages we deserve.” In a statement on Monday, the union blamed the United States Maritime Alliance,

The International Longshoremen’s Association has announced the end of its port strike. The end of the strike was confirmed by ILA Local 1422 President Charles Brave to Live 5 News. According to sources speaking with CNN and the Associated Press,

Striking workers from the International Longshoremen’s Association stand on a picket line at the entrance to the South Locust Point Terminal in Baltimore. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Staff)

The union representing 45,000 striking dockworkers in South Carolina and other East and Gulf coast ports has agreed to suspend its 3-day strike until Jan. 15

Local International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) workers tell News 2 that the port strike is over. Kenneth Riley ILA International Vice President, Port of Charleston told News 2’s Jordan Cioppa that “we reached a deal on the two most important things to us in these negotiations.

The ILA PAC typically supports Democratic candidates, though it has recently contributed less than in previous decades.

The dockworkers’ strike recently came to an end with a temporary deal in place until January, when the International Longshoremen’s Association will renegotiate with the U.S. Maritime Alliance. The temporary deal ensures the strike won’t be a factor in the November presidential election,

NEW YORK - Thousands of dock workers returned to work on Oct 4, the day after a longshoremen’s union reached a preliminary deal with shippers, ending a three-day strike weeks before the US presidential election.

Nearly 50,000 dockworkers launched a strike this week at ports from Maine to Texas — but, in a bizarre quirk that has resulted from massive concessions to the union over the decades, the affected ports only employ 25,