Port Strike Ends, Ex-Officers Get Mixed Verdict & Holiday Hiring - Friday, October 4, 2024
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 4 October 2024
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The news to know for Friday, October 4, 2024!
We'll tell you about the tentative deal that ended the dockworkers strike after just three days, but when the issue could come back up again.
Also, we've got the latest from the campaign trail, from a high-profile Republican endorsement for Harris to Trump's plan to return to the spot where he was shot in the ear.
Plus, which country music star has been accused of sexual assault, why Texas is suing TikTok, and how businesses, big and small, are helping hurricane victims.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, October 4th. |
| 0:02.0 | We'll tell you about the tentative deal that ended the dock workers strike after just three days, |
| 0:06.4 | but when the issue could come back up again. |
| 0:08.6 | Also, we've got the latest from the campaign trail from a high- profile Republican endorsement for Harris to |
| 0:13.9 | Trump's plan to go back to the spot he was shot in the ear. Plus which country |
| 0:18.0 | music star has been accused of sexual assault? Why Texas is suing |
| 0:21.7 | Tik-Tok and how businesses big and small are helping hurricane victims. |
| 0:26.0 | Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:33.0 | All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:35.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:39.0 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:40.0 | You ready? |
| 0:41.0 | Let's do this. |
| 0:46.0 | A historic U.S. port strike from Maine to Texas has come to an end and dock workers are back at work, at least for now. The strike has been suspended until early next year. |
| 0:55.2 | It's thanks to a tentative agreement on wages and a promise to return to the bargaining table |
| 1:00.0 | to negotiate all the other issues. Various news outlets cite sources who say Port employers sweeten their offer for pay raises, |
| 1:07.0 | from 50% to a 62% increase in wages over six years. |
| 1:12.0 | So now, they've all agreed to extend the current |
| 1:14.2 | contract through at least January 15th while the rest gets worked out. The dock |
| 1:18.8 | workers strike lasted three days impacting more than half of the nation's container imports and |
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