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Dockworkers and their employers announced Wednesday evening that they have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract, averting a strike at East and Gulf Coast ports.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday signaled support for unionized dockworkers' calls to bar automation at East and Gulf Coast ports amid tense labor negotiations that may result in a mid-January strike. 

In this opinion piece, Kasey Cronquist, president of the North American Blueberry Council, says the East Coast port strike caused problems for the blueberry sector and consumers despite being suspended.