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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Friday October 4th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today the Port Workers Strike has come to an end.

Plus former Memphis police officers have been found guilty of witness tampering

and the fatal beating of Tyry Nichols,

and how the National Guard is reaching remote communities after Helene.

A union representing U.S. dock workers and port operators has reached a tentative deal on wages that will end a three-day strike

that has shut down shipping on the US East Coast and Gulf Coast. That's according to the

International Longshoremen's Association Union and the United States Maritime Alliance yesterday.

The agreement extends the master contract between the union and Port Operators

until January 15th of next year, allowing negotiations to continue on other aspects of the contract.

A joint statement did not specify what wages were agreed upon or the other terms that required

negotiation.

The statement said that effective immediately all work covered by the master contract will resume.

The tentative agreement is for a wage hike of around 62% over six years, the Bergen record, a part of the USA Today Network reported. The Workers Union had been seeking a 77% raise, while the employer group previously raised its offer to a nearly 50% hike.

The deal ends the biggest work stoppage of its kind in nearly half a century,

which threaten shortages of everything from bananas to auto parts.

Three former Memphis officers were convicted yesterday of federal witness tampering

charges in connection with the death of Tyry Nichols. The 29-year-old black man was violently

beaten during a traffic stop in 2023.

After some five hours of deliberations, two former officers were acquitted of federal civil rights violations,

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